News

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.

UWMDI 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

Why 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

UWMDI 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