Center Leadership

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, Engagement, and Junior Faculty Development
Executive Committee Member
Professor of Pediatrics
Lee Kaplan, MD, PhD

Lee Kaplan, MD, PhD

Center Associate Director 
Executive Committee Member
Associate Professor of Medicine

Leadership Team

Frederick Ausubel, PhD

Frederick Ausubel, PhD

Director of Genomics & Cell Biology Core
Executive Committee Member
Professor of Genetics
Georges El Fakhri, PhD

Georges El Fakhri, PhD

Co-Director of Metabolic Imaging Core
Professor of Radiology
Alessio Fasano, MD

Alessio Fasano, MD

Co-Director of Genomics & Cell Biology Core
Allan Walker Chair of Pediatric
Gastroenterology & Nutrition
Robert Gerszten, MD

Robert Gerszten, MD

Co-Director of Metabolic
Phenotyping Core
Herman Dana Professor of Medicine
Elizabeth Lawson, MD

Elizabeth Lawson, MD

Co-Director of Education & Program Enrichment
Executive Committee Member
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
Hai Ning Shi, PhD, DVM

Hai Ning Shi, PhD, DVM

Executive Committee Member
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Alex Soukas, MD, PhD

Alex Soukas, MD, PhD

Co-Director of Metabolic Phenotyping Core
Executive Committee Member
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Ruslan Sadreyev, PhD

Ruslan Sadreyev, PhD

Executive Committee Member
Instructor in Pathology
Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA

Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA

Director of Diversity
Executive Committee Member
Instructor in Medicine
Takara Stanley, MD

Takara Stanley, MD

Director of Pilot & Feasibility Program
Executive Committee Member
Professor of Pediatrics
Martin Torriani, MD

Martin Torriani, MD

Director of Metabolic Imaging Core
Executive Professor of Radiology

NORCH External Advisory Board (EAB)

  • Jamy Ard, M.D. – Wake Forest School of Medicine
  • Anthony W. Ferrante, M.D., Ph.D. – Columbia University
  • Steven Heymsfield, M.D. – Pennington Biomedical Research Center, LSU
  • Frank Hu, M.D., Ph.D. – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  • Suneil Koliwad, M.D., Ph. D. – University of California, San Francisco
  • Shana McCormack, M.D., MTR – University of Pennsylvania
  • Ellen Schur, M.D., M.S. – University of Washington

Other Center Leadership

CENTER MEMBERS ARE REMINDED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE NORCH GRANT CONTRIBUTION IN THEIR PUBLICATIONS (P30DK040561)