Deepika Laddu

Dr. Laddu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy here at the University of Illinois, Chicago. She received her PhD in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Arizona, and a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University, with comprehensive training in body composition, obesity prevention, cardiovascular and aging epidemiology, and behavioral intervention design. At UIC, her research is focused largely on population health and lifestyle medicine, with a portfolio dedicated to studying preventive and therapeutic effects of exercise, physical activity and nutrition on cardiovascular and metabolic health, and in relation to patient-centered outcomes in diverse populations. Her current NIH-funded award is testing the effect of resistance exercise training on blood pressure control and vascular function in older adults with sarcopenia and frailty.