Directory Profile
Wei Perng PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health
Deputy Director, Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes (LEAD) Center
Mailing Address:
- CU Anschutz
Anschutz Health Sciences Building
1890 N Revere Court
1890 N. Revere Ct
Room P12-1014
Aurora, CO 80045
Dr. Perng serves as an associate professor with tenure, as a nutritional and lifecourse epidemiologist who leverages ‘omics science and causal inference methods to study origins of obesity and metabolic disease in children and adolescents.
Areas of Expertise
- Metabolomics
- 'omics science
- Causal inference
- Lifecourse approach
- Nutritional epidemiology
Education, Licensure & Certifications
- Postdoctoral Fellowship, Perinatal Epidemiology, Harvard Medical School
- PhD, Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 2013
- MPH, Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 2010
- BS, Brain Behavior and Cognitive Science, University of Michigan, 2008
Resumes/CV:
Awards
- Colorado School of Public Health Faculty Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Award 2022
- University of Colorado Denver Chancellor’s Teaching Recognition Award 2020
- Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology Rising Star Award 2019
Affiliations
- Steering committee member, COMETs consortium