About MNORC
A Cross-Campus Endeavor
Faculty with expertise in obesity and/or nutrition from the Medical School, School of Public Health, and School of Kinesiology provide a foundation for emerging, innovative collaborations and to provide a range of services for researchers investigating individual and population characteristics that arise in response to dietary nutrient composition and amount.
The MNORC was created to integrate and enhance basic and translational research related to nutrition and obesity among faculty at the University of Michigan and collaborating investigators. The center is designed to provide researchers with infrastructure, expertise, and training to facilitate improved data integration, analysis and modeling from properly designed basic, clinical, and population-based studies in obesity and metabolism-related diseases.
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Sandie Wankel
Director of Administration
[email protected]
NORC Central
https://norccentral.org/
The MNORC grew out of the Michigan Metabolomics and Obesity Center (MMOC), created in 2006, to provide Core support for obesity research and to accelerate the development of metabolomics as the “omics” technology for the UM Medical School. Metabolomics resources and research originally supported by the MMOC are now incorporated into the MNORC Cores. This prevents duplication of effort and provides a stream-lined mechanism for investigators on the UM campus to discuss, collaborate, and institute innovative research ideas. Consultations with Core Directors and Core services are provided by the MNORC to facilitate this cutting-edge nutrition and obesity research.
Membership
MNORC members enjoy expanded connections with fellow U-M researchers, access to grants, opportunities to enlist and/or mentor junior colleagues or to identify potentially helpful senior colleagues, and the opportunity to gain increased exposure for their work.
To apply for membership, you must be a University of Michigan faculty member, eligible to be PI on federally funded grants.
Please Note: You will need to upload two documents: your NIH biographical sketch or Curriculum Vitae plus Other Support. Please have these documents ready to be uploaded.
Leadership & Advisory Boards
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
Director
Randy J Seeley
Professor of Surgery
Professor of Internal Medicine
Medical School
Professor of Nutritional Sciences
School of Public Health
Professor, Nutritional Sciences
Karen Peterson, DSc
Chair, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Professor of Global Public Health
U-M School of Public Health
Co-Director, Nutrition, Exercise and Phenotype Testing Core
Jeffrey Horowitz PhD, MS
Director of Substrate Metabolism Laboratory
U-M School of Kinesiology
Director, Childhood Obesity Research Core
Joyce M Lee, MD, MPH
Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Chief Medical Information Officer of MiChart Pediatric Research
Ambulatory Care Clinical Chief
UMMG Faculty Benefits
Associate Chair, Health Metrics and Learning Health Systems
Department of Pediatrics
Medical School and Professor of Nutritional Sciences
School of Public Health
Director, Molecular Phenotyping Core
Subramaniam Pennathur, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Section Head
Division of Nephrology
Medical School
Associate Director, Molecular Phenotyping Core
Alla Karnovsky, PhD
Bioinformatics Master's Program
Associate Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Medical School
Director, Adipose Tissue Core
Ormond A MacDougald
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Professor of Internal Medicine
Medical School
Associate Director, Adipose Tissue Core
Carey Nien-Kai Lumeng, MD, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Division Director
Pulmonary Medicine
Medical School
Director, Weight Management Program
Amy E Rothberg, MD, DABOM
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health
Director, Pilot & Feasibility Grants Program
Kanakadurga Singer, MA, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Dean for Faculty
Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Medical School
Internal Advisory Committee
F. DuBois Bowman
Roderick J. Little Collegiate Professor of Public Health
Adjunct Professor of Biostatistics
U-M School of Public Health
John M Carethers
Medical School
Justin B Dimick, MD, MPH
Professor of Surgery
Chair, Department of Surgery, Medical School
Professor of Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health
Lori Ploutz-Snyder
Dean, School of Kinesiology
U-M School of Kinesiology
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
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