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.
[3][4] This has included research on the genetic basis of Alzheimer's disease[5][6] and self-confidence.
degree in psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1974, where she graduated magna cum laude.
[3][8] Pedersen was elected a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America in 2002.
In 2014, she received the Dobzhansky Award from the Behavior Genetics Association.