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September NORC Spotlight: Angela Hanson I am a geriatrician who became interested in dementia research after I joined Suzanne Craft’s clinical Alzheimer’s disease (AD) laboratory in 2011. As a research

Mandy Fretts PhD, MPH, was recently appointed to the NHLBI Advisory Council for a 4 year term. As part of this role, Dr. Fretts will work with the other 17

We are pleased to announce the 2022 funded projects through the UW Nutrition Obesity Research Center Pilot and Feasibility (P&F) Award programs: 2022 UW NORC P&F RECIPIENTS: Dr. Kimberly Alonge,

April NORC Spotlight: Mauricio Dorfman I am a Biochemist and PhD in Pharmacology (both degrees obtained at the University of Chile). Currently, I am a Research Assistant Professor in the

January NORC Spotlight: Jesse Jones-Smith I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health at the University of Washington. I am an epidemiologist who studies

This year, the Diabetes Research Center (DRC) will once again be collaborating with the UW Medicine Diabetes Institute (UWMDI) and UW Nutrition and Obesity Research Center (NORC) in a joint Pilot and Feasibility Research

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

Dear 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

We 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

UWMDI Co-Director Michael Schwartz, MD, is senior author of “Central nervous system regulation of organismal energy and glucose homeostasis” in Nature Metabolism.