Built upon the leadership and member base of the Michigan Metabolomics and Obesity Center, the MNORC is comprised not only of scientists whose research focuses on nutrition and obesity, but also investigators who have skills in complementary areas. This adds new perspectives and considerable talents to the study of nutrition and obesity. The breadth of scientists involved in the MNORC have catalyzed new thinking in metabolomics, microfluidics, imaging, cognitive sciences, and informatics that have enriched seminars, symposia, retreats and, most importantly, research programs. The MNORC leadership is committed to an inclusive policy to expand the thinking of investigators and to further scientific team building.
Leadership
Randy Seeley, PhD
Director, Michigan Nutrition Obesity Research Center
Karen E. Peterson, DSc
Associate Director, Michigan Nutrition Obesity Research Center
Associate Director, Childhood Obesity Research Core
Co-Director, Nutrition, Exercise and Phenotype Testing Core
Director, Enrichment Program
Jeffrey Horowitz, PhD
Co-Director, Nutrition, Exercise and Phenotype Testing Core
Joyce Lee, MD, MPH
Director, Childhood Obesity Research Core
Subramaniam Pennathur, MD, PhD
Director, Molecular Phenotyping Core
Alla Karnovsky, PhD
Associate Director, Molecular Phenotyping Core
Ormond MacDougald, PhD
Director, Adipose Tissue Core
Carey Lumeng, MD, PhD
Associate Director, Adipose Tissue Core
Amy Rothberg, MD
Director, Weight Management Program
Kanakadurga Singer, MD
Director, Pilot & Feasibility Grants Program
Internal Advisory Committee
F. DuBois Bowman, PhD
Dean, School of Public Health
Professor of Biostatistics
University of Michigan, Medical School
John Carethers, MD
John G. Searle Professor
Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Justin Dimick, MD, MPHGeorge D. Zuidema Professor of Surgery
Chief of the Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Associate Chair for Strategy & Finance
University of Michigan Medical School
Lori Ploutz-Snyder, MD
Professor and Dean, School of Kinesiology
University of Michigan Medical School
External Advisory Committee
Rexford S. Ahima, MD, PhD
Director of Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Jennifer Fisher, PhD
Associate Director, Center for Obesity Research and Education
Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Temple University College of Public Health
Stephen Daniels, MD, PhD
Professor, Pediatrics-Administration
University of Colorado
Steven R. Smith, MD
Senior Vice President & Chief Scientific Officer
Advent Health