Outstanding Manuscript Awards
This award is intended for an Assistant Professor, Instructor, or Post-Doctoral Fellow who has made a significant scientific contribution as First Author of a manuscript. Please check back in Spring 2022 to nominate someone for this award.
Congratulations to our 2021 Awardees!
2021 Recipients
NORCH Outstanding Manuscript Awards recognize Post-Doctoral Fellows, Instructors, or Assistant Professors who have made a significant significant scientific contribution as first author of an original manuscript in nutrition, obesity, or metabolism.
Izzuddin M. Aris, PhD
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim
Hu J*, Aris IM*, Lin PD, Rifas-Shiman SL, Perng W, Woo Baidal JA, Wen D, Oken E. Longitudinal associations of modifiable risk factors in the first 1000 days with weight status and metabolic risk in early adolescence. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 Jan;113(1):113–22. PMID: 33184628
Russell P. Goodman, MD, DPhil
Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Goodman RP*, Markhard AL, Shah H, Sharma R, Skinner OS, Clish CB, Deik A, Patgiri A, Hsu YH, Masia R, Noh HL, Suk S, Goldberger O, Hirschhorn JN, Yellen G, Kim JK, Mootha VK. Hepatic NADH reductive stress underlies common variation in metabolic traits. Nature. 2020 Jul. PMID: 32461692
Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, MBA
MGH Weight Center and Endocrine Division, Massachusetts General Hospital
Stanford FC*, Cena H, Biino G, Umoren O, Jimenez M, Freeman MP, Shadyab AH, Wild RA, Womack CR, Banack HR, Manson JE. The association between weight-promoting medication use and weight gain in postmenopausal women: findings from the Women’s Health Initiative. Menopause. 2020 Oct. PMID: 32665534
2020 Recipients
Joanne B. Cole, PhD
Diabetes Unit and Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Cole, J. B., Florez, J. C., & Hirschhorn, J. N. (2020). Comprehensive genomic analysis of dietary habits in UK Biobank identifies hundreds of genetic associations. Nature Communications, 11(1), 1-11.
PMID: 32193382
Lindsay T. Fourman, MD
Metabolism Unit and Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
Stanley TL*, Fourman LT*, Feldpausch MN, Purdy J, Zheng I, Pan CS, Aepfelbacher J, Buckless C, Tsao A, Kellogg A, Branch K, Lee H, Liu CY, Korey KE, Chung RT, Torriani M, Kleiner DK, Hadigan CM, Grinspoon SK. Effects of tesamorelin on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in HIV: a randomized, double-blind, multicentre trial. Lancet HIV. 2019. 6(12): e821-830. *Co-first authors. PMID 21611038.
Jingyi Qian, PhD
Research Fellow in Medicine, Sleep Disorders Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Qian J, Morris CJ, Caputo R, Wang W, Garaulet M, Scheer FAJL. Sex differences in the circadian misalignment effects on energy regulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116, no. 47 (2019): 23806-23812. PMID: 31685618