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.

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

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

Lee Kaplan, MD, PhD

Center Associate Director for Research Translation

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

Iman Sigman, BA

Project Manager
Metabolism Unit

Executive Committee

Frederick Ausubel, PhD

Executive Committee Member
Professor of Genetics

Georges El Fakhri, PhD

Co-Director of Metabolic Imaging Core
Professor of Radiology

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

Executive Committee Member
Professor of Population Medicine

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
Martin Torriani, MD

Martin Torriani, MD

Director of Metabolic Imaging Core
Executive Committee Member
Professor of Radiology

External Advisory Board

Jamy Ard, MD, Wake Forest School of Medicine

Anthony W. Ferrante, MD, PhD, Columbia University

Suneil Koliwad, MD, PhD, University of California, San Francisco

Shana McCormack, MD, MTR, University of Pennsylvania

Ellen Schur, MD, MS, University of Washington