Dear NORC Affiliate Investigators and trainees, Thanks to a supplemental NORC grant, the Pennington Biomedical Research Center has some unique opportunities for early stage investigators and senior postdoctoral fellows. They will
Read MoreDear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that effective September 1, 2021, Dr. Ellen Schur, MD, MS, has assumed the Director position of the UW Nutrition Obesity Research Center
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce the NORC Affiliate Investigator Spotlight series. The purpose of the Spotlight is to facilitate connections and collaborations among Affiliate Investigators across our large and geographically
Read MoreUWMDI Co-Director Michael Schwartz, MD, is senior author of “Central nervous system regulation of organismal energy and glucose homeostasis” in Nature Metabolism.
Read MoreUWMDI Investigator Joshua Thaler, MD, PhD, was quoted in U.S. News & World Report, “Hormones and Weight Loss: Ways Hormones Can Sabotage Weight Loss” Read article here
Read MoreWhy Are Individuals with Obesity from Racially/Ethnically Diverse Backgrounds at Increased Risk for Cancer? WEBINAR: Thursday, March 4, 2021 (3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. EST) This webinar is the first
Read MoreUWMDI postdoctoral fellow, Chelsea Faber, PhD, is first author on a manuscript entitled “Leptin receptor neurons in the dorsomedial hypothalamus regulate diurnal patterns of feeding, locomotion, and metabolism” that also
Read MoreDr. Jennifer Deem has been awarded a NIDDK-Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) for her project entitled “Neurocircuits linking thermoregulation and feeding”. This 5-year project seeks to understand the neurocircuitry
Read MoreNORC Co-Director Michael Schwartz, MD, is co-author of “Transcriptomic Analysis Links the Response of Diverse Hypothalamic Cell Types to Sustained Diabetes Remission Induced by Fibroblast Growth Factor 1,” which has
Read MoreView the December 2020 CORA Newsletter here
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