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 and Engagement
Executive Committee Member
Professor of Pediatrics

Elizabeth Lawson, MD

Center Associate Director for Core Development
Executive Committee Member
Professor of Medicine

Lee Kaplan, MD, PhD

Center Associate Director for Research Based Development

Executive Committee Member
Associate Professor of Medicine

Takara Stanley, MD

Center Associate Director for Mentorship and Inclusion
Director of Pilot & Feasibility Program
Executive Committee Member
Professor of Pediatrics
Iman Sigman, BA

Iman Sigman, BA

Program Director
Metabolism Unit

Executive Committee

Frederick Ausubel, PhD

Director of Genomics & Cell Biology Core
Executive Committee Member
Professor of Genetics

Georges El Fakhri, PhD

Co-Director of Metabolic Imaging Core
Professor of Radiology

Alessio Fasano, MD

Co-Director of Genomics & 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

Executive Committee Member
Instructor in Pathology

Hai Ning Shi, PhD, DVM

Executive Committee Member
Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Alex Soukas, MD, PhD

Co-Director of Metabolic Phenotyping Core
Executive Committee Member
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA

Director of Diversity
Executive Committee Member
Instructor in Medicine

Martin Torriani, MD

Director of Metabolic Imaging Core
Executive Professor of Radiology

External Advisory Board

Jamy Ard, MD, Wake Forest School of Medicine

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

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