Nancy Pedersen

{{short description|American genetic epidemiologist}}

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| name = Nancy L. Pedersen

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| birth_name = Nancy Lee Pedersen

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| birth_place = Minnesota, United States{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2wrobk-HwMC&pg=PA81 |title=Behavioral Genetics |last=Plomin |first=Robert |last2=DeFries |first2=John C. |last3=McClearn |first3=Gerald E. |date=2008-02-22 |publisher=Macmillan |isbn=9781429205771 |pages=81 |language=en}}

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| nationality = American

| fields = Genetic epidemiology

| workplaces = Karolinska Institutet

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| education = University of Minnesota
University of Colorado

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| thesis_title = Genetic and environmental factors for usage of common drugs

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| thesis_year = 1980

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| academic_advisors = Gerald McClearn{{Cite web |url=https://news.psu.edu/story/461205/2017/04/07/impact/penn-state-hold-gerald-e-mcclearn-memorial-symposium |title=Penn State to hold Gerald E. McClearn Memorial Symposium |date=2017-04-07 |website=Penn State University |language=en |access-date=2019-03-11}}

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| known_for = Twin studies

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| awards = James Shields Award for Lifetime Contributions to Twin Research from the International Society for Twin Studies (2007)
Dobzhansky Award from the Behavior Genetics Association (2014)

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Nancy L. Pedersen is an American genetic epidemiologist. She is Professor of Genetic Epidemiology and the leader of the Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging (SATSA) at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden. She is known for her research on human twins, much of which is based on the Swedish Twin Registry.{{Cite web |url=https://ki.se/en/people/nanped |title=Nancy Pedersen |website=Karolinska Institute |language=en |access-date=2019-03-11}}{{Cite web |url=https://ki.se/en/meb/satsa-the-swedish-adoptiontwin-study-of-aging |title=SATSA - The Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging |website=Karolinska Institutet |language=en |access-date=2019-03-11}} This has included research on the genetic basis of Alzheimer's disease{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/31/health/31age.html |title=Live Long? Die Young? Answer Isn't Just in Genes |last=Kolata |first=Gina |date=2006-08-31 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2019-03-11 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Study-Twins-also-share-Alzheimers/57211139269766/ |title=Study: Twins also share Alzheimer's |last=Dell'Amore |first=Christine |date=2006-02-06 |work=UPI |access-date=2019-03-11 |language=en}} and self-confidence.{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-04-29-mn-74-story.html |title=Confidence--Partly a Matter of Genetics |last=Max |first=Arthur |date=1990-04-29 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2019-03-11 |language=en-US |issn=0458-3035}}