NORCH Leadership
The Center is managed by an Executive Committee comprised of the Center Director, Associate Directors, Core Directors, Director of Diversity & Inclusion, and Statistical Consultant. An External Advisory Board advises Center Executives on major policy decisions and annually reviews Center progress.
Center Directors
Steven Grinspoon, MD
Center Director
Professor of Medicine
Chief of the Metabolism Unit
Executive Committee Member
MGH Endowed Chair in Neuroendocrinology & Metabolism
Christopher Duggan, MD
Center Associate Director for Enrichment
Executive Committee Member
Professor of Pediatrics
Elizabeth Lawson, MD
Center Associate Director for Community Engagement
Executive Committee Member
Associate Professor of Medicine
Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, MBA
Director of Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives
Executive Committee Member
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Takara Stanley, MD
Center Associate Director for Junior Faculty Development and Mentorship
Director of Pilot & Feasibility Program
Executive Committee Member
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Executive Committee
Frederick Ausubel, PhD
Georges El Fakhri, PhD
Christina Faherty, PhD
Associate Director of Genomics and Cell Biology Core
Executive Committee Member
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Alessio Fasano, MD
Director of Genomics and Cell Biology Core
Allan Walker Chair of Pediatric
Gastroenterology & Nutrition
Robert, Gerszten, MD
Co-Director of Metabolic Phenotyping Core
Herman Dana Professor of Medicine
Hang Lee, PhD
Statistical Consultant
Executive Committee Member
Associate Professor of Medicine
Emily Oken, MD
Bruce Rosen, MD, PhD
Co-Director of Metabolic Imaging Core
Laurence Lamson Robbins
Professor of Radiology
Ruslan Sadreyev, PhD
Associate Director of Genomics and Cell Biology Core
Executive Committee Member
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Alex Soukas, MD, PhD
Director of Metabolic Phenotyping Core
Executive Committee Member
Associate Professor of Medicine
Borek Foldyna, MD
Director of Metabolic Imaging Core
Executive Committee Member
Administrative Director of Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center
Assistant Professor of Radiology
External Advisory Board
Caroline Apovian, MD, Harvard Medical School
Anthony W. Ferrante, MD, PhD, Columbia University
Steven Heymsfield, MD, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, LSU
Frank Hu, MD, PhD, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Suneil Koliwad, MD, PhD, University of California, San Francisco
Shana McCormack, MD, MTR, University of Pennsylvania
Ellen Schur, MD, MS, University of Washington