Patricia Pagan Lassalle ​PhD, MA 
CML PhD Candidate
​​Dept. Exercise and Sport Science
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-8700
​Curriculum Vitae

Contact Me If...

  • Faculty or recruiter: and want to hire me to your team.
  • Have any questions about my journey.
  • Anyone: who wants to talk science!

About Me

​Education
  • 2017: BS, Health & Exercise Science, Syracuse University, New York
  • 2019: MS, Exercise Physiology, Syracuse University, New York
  • 2023: PhD, Exercise Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Example Honors
  • Spring 2022: 3-Minute Rapid Fire Oral Abstract Competition Finalist at AHA Epi Lifestyle
  • Spring 2022: 2nd Place Doctoral Research Competition at SEACSM
  • Spring 2022: Top 8 Abstracts at SEACSM for PhD Students
  • Fall 2021: Top 10 Abstracts for Young Investigator at ARTERY21
  • Spring 2020: SEACSM Leadership and Diversity Training Program
  • Fall 2019- Spring 2020: Graduate Doctoral Merit Scholarship at UNC Chapel Hill
Research Interests (Short Version) 
I am interested in addressing three primary lines of enquiry:
  1. Associations between lifestyle risk factors and cardiometabolic disease, with a focus on racial/ethnic disparities.
  2. Mechanisms underlying cardiovascular disease etiology.
  3. Development and interpretation of noninvasive methodologies for assessing cardiovascular disease risk.
​Career Goals
  • ​​To help lead the our understanding and of health disparities and mitigate cardiovascular disease risk.
  • Develop the next generation of empowered scientists!
Personal Facts
  • I’m fully bilingual, and my first language is Spanish
  • I’m a foodie! My hope is to identify good food, drinks, & coffee wherever I go
  • I'm married to Taylor and we have an amazing puppy, Olive.
  • I love to travel. 
  • I played sports in High School which kick-started my interest in Exercise Science

Research Outputs

Key Facts
Updated:  2023.Feb.18
  • Citations: 18
  • H-index: 2
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Example Publications
  • Castro N, Bates LC, Zieff GZ, Lassalle PP, Faulkner J, et al. Adiposity in Preadolescent Children: Associations with Cardiorespiratory Fitness. PLOS ONE. 17, e0275982 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275982
  • Cortés YI, Lassalle PP, & Perreira KM. Health Care Access and Health Indicators in Puerto Rico Pre- and Post- Hurricane Maria: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (2015–2019). J. Immigr. Minor. Heal. (2022) doi:10.1007/s10903-022-01391-z. PMID: 35948823
  • Conners R, Bates LC, Lassalle, PP, Zieff G, Whitehead PN., et al. Current and Future Implications of COVID-19 among Youth Wheelchair Users: 24-Hour Activity Behavior. Children. (2021). PMID: 34438581
  • Lassalle PP, DeBlois JP, Keller A, Stoner L, Barreira T, Heffernan KS. Central Blood Pressure and Subclinical Atherosclerotic Risk in Young Hispanic American Women. Ethnicity & Disease. PMID: 34720552
  • Lassalle, PP, Meyer ML, Conners R, Zieff G, Faghy MA, Arena R, Vermeesch A, Joseph R, Stoner L. Sedentary behavior in minority populations is a feasible health strategy during and beyond COVID-19. TJACSM (2021) PMID: 34746382
  • Zieff G, Wagoner C, Patterson C, Lassalle PP, Lee J. Cardiovascular consequences of skeletal muscle impairments in breast cancer. Sports. (2020), 8(6), 80. PMID: 32486406
  • Lassalle PP, Meyer ML, Boggess KA, Stoner L. Central Pulse Wave Velocity in Neonates: Feasibility and Comparison to Normative Data. Hypertension Res (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41440-020-0489-y PMID: 32565542
  • Lassalle PP, Palamar AJ, DeBlois JP, Lefferts WK, & Heffernan KS. Effect of external compression on femoral retrograde shear and microvascular oxygenation in exercise trained and recreationally active young men. European Journal of Applied Physiology. (2019).119. 10.1007/s00421-019-04170-1. PMID: 31190212

Example Funding
  • ​R01HL162805A (PI: Stoner, Role: GRA). Cardiometabolic disease prevention in college-based young adults: mapping a contextual sedentary behavior intervention. 06/2022-05/2026
  • 23PRE1022594 (PI: Pagan Lassalle). AHA Predoctoral Fellowship: Association of Perceived Discrimination and Stress with Arterial Stiffness in non-Hispanic Black Adults 01/2023-12/2023
  • R01AG062488-02S1 (PI: Meyer). NIH Diversity Supplement: Arterial Stiffness and Brain Health in African Americans. 06/2020-05/2022
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Example Presentations
  • Lassalle PP, Pomeroy A, Cowley E, Bates-Fraser L, Stoner L (2023). The Life of a Graduate Student - A Guide to managing competing expectations. SEACSM. Greenville, SC. Feb 23-25th, 2023.
  • Stoner L, Zieff G, Vermeesch A, Pomeroy A, Lassalle PP. (2022). COVID-19 and Exercise is Medicine for Underserved Communities: Lessons Learned, Future Challenges and Recommendations [Symposium]. San Diego, CA. May 31, 2022.
  • Stoner L, Zieff G, Lassalle PP, Bates L. (2021). A primer on repeated sitting exposure and the cardiovascular system: Considerations for study design, analysis, interpretation, and translation. University of Gloucestershire (Virtual). Feb 08, 2021.
  • Lassalle, PP, Bates L. (2021). Exercise and Diabetes. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Virtual) Chapel Hill, NC. Jan 27th, 2021.
  • Heffernan KS, Lassalle PP, White L. (2018). Science of Fitness. Syracuse University Fisher Center, New York, NY. November 16th, 2018.
  • Columna L, Lassalle, PP. (2017). Adapted Physical Education & Exercise Science. Sharon H. Jacquet Commons at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. May 2017.

Example Service

Mentor
  • AHA: HBCU Scholars Program. Link
  • North Carolina School of Science & Math (NCSSM): High school mentorship program. Link
UNC
  • Graduate Student Representative: Exercise and Sport Science Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
Societies
  • Student Executive Leader: Noninvasive Physiological Measurement (ACSM-NIP) Interest Group. 
Editorial
  • Topic Editor: Front Physiol. Link​