NORCH Leadership

The Center is managed by an Executive Committee comprised of the Center Director, Associate Directors, Core Directors, and Statistical Consultant. An External Advisory Board advises Center Executives on major policy decisions and annually reviews Center progress.

Executive CommitteeExternal Advisory Board

Center Directors

Steven Grinspoon, MD

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

Christopher Duggan, MD

Center Associate Director for Enrichment
Executive Committee Member
Professor of Pediatrics
Elizabeth Lawson, MD

Elizabeth Lawson, MD

Center Associate Director for Research Translation
Executive Committee Member
Associate Professor of Medicine
Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, MBA

Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, MBA

Director of Scholarly Engagement & Mentoring
Executive Committee Member
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Takara Stanley, MD

Takara Stanley, MD

Center Associate Director for Junior Faculty Development
Director of Pilot & Feasibility Program
Executive Committee Member
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Lindsay Fourman, MD

Lindsay Fourman, MD

Co-Director of Pilot & Feasibility Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Lipid and Metabolism Associates

Administrative Staff

Sophia Campbell

Sophia Campbell

Conner Hill

Conner Hill

Program Coordinator

Executive Committee

Alessio Fasano, MD

Alessio Fasano, MD

Director of Genomics and Cell Biology Core
Allan Walker Chair of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition
Borek Foldyna, MD

Borek Foldyna, MD

Director of Metabolic Imaging Core
Executive Committee Member
Administrative Director of Cardiovascular Imaging Research Center
Assistant Professor of Radiology 
Robert Gerszten, MD

Robert Gerszten, MD

Co-Director of Metabolic Phenotyping Core
Herman Dana Professor of Medicine
Hang Lee, PhD

Hang Lee, PhD

Statistical Consultant
Executive Committee Member
Associate Professor of Medicine
Emily Oken, MD

Emily Oken, MD

Executive Committee Member
Professor of Population Medicine
Bruce Rosen, MD, PhD

Bruce Rosen, MD, PhD

Co-Director of Metabolic Imaging Core
Laurence Lamson Robbins Professor of Radiology
Ruslan Sadreyev, PhD

Ruslan Sadreyev, PhD

Associate Director of Genomics and Cell Biology Core
Executive Committee Member
Assistant Professor of Pathology
Alex Soukas, MD, PhD

Alex Soukas, MD, PhD

Director of Metabolic Phenotyping Core
Executive Committee Member
Associate Professor of Medicine

asoukas@mgh.harvard.edu

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