Solveig Argeseanu Cunningham

Solveig Argeseanu Cunningham is an associate professor of Global Health at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health with appointments in the Division of Nutrition, the Department of Sociology, and the Department of Epidemiology.

Education
Cunningham has a B.A. in international affairs from the Elliott School of International Affairs (1997) and an M.Sc. in developmental studies from the London School of Economics (2001). She has an M.A. in demography (2003) and a Ph.D. (2006) from the University of Pennsylvania.

Research
Cunningham is known for her research on health. Her work includes investigations into how a doctors' strikes impacts medical outcomes for patients, and the connections between death rates in people and their financial situation. In the United States, Cunning has quantified the rate of childhood obesity, particularly in younger children. Cunningham has examined dietary choices of young children, including research into soda consumption by young children. Her 2022 article in the journal Pediatrics quantified increases in obesity in the United States.