UNC Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC)

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  • Our productivity and effectiveness as a Center is measured in part by the citation of our grant in your published work. Please acknowledge National Institutes of Health grant DK056350 in all publications resulting from the use of our services.

Center Leadership

Dr. Elizabeth Mayer-Davis

Dr. Elizabeth Mayer-Davis

Elizabeth Mayer-Davis, PhD
Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor, Nutrition
Chair, Nutrition
245 Rosenau Hall
CB# 7461
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 966-7218
beth_mayer-davis@unc.edu

  • Co-Director, Nutrition Obesity Research Center
  • Director, Administrative Core

Dr. Raz Shaikh

Raz Shaikh, PhD
Associate Professor, Nutrition
2203 McGavran-Greenberg
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 843-4348
shaikhsa@email.unc.edu

  • Co-Director, Nutrition Obesity Research Center
  • Co-Director, Animal Metabolism Phenotyping Core (Chapel Hill)
  • Co-Director, Pilot & Feasibility Program

John W. Easterbrook, PhD
259 Rosenau Hall
CB #7461
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 962-0948
john.easterbrook@unc.edu

  • Managing Director, Nutrition Obesity Research Center

Dr. Ian Carroll

Ian Carroll, PhD
Assistant Professor, Nutrition
111 Mason Farm Road
7312C MBRB Building
CB# 7032
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 843-4893
ian_carroll@med.unc.edu

  • Co-Director, Precision Nutrition Core
  • Director, Enrichment Program
Steve Hursting

Dr. Stephen Hursting

Stephen D. Hursting, PhD, MPH
Professor, Nutrition
2115-B Michael Hooker Research Center
CB# 7461
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 966-7346
hursting@email.unc.edu

  • Co-Director, Animal Metabolism Phenotyping Core (NRI)

Dr. Susan M. Smith

Susan M. Smith, PhD
Professor, Nutrition
Deputy Director for Science, Nutrition Research Institute
500 Laureate Way
Kannapolis, NC 28081
(704) 250-5065
suesmith@email.unc.edu

  • Co-Director, Pilot & Feasibility Program
Dr. Mirek Styblo

Dr. Mirek Styblo

Mirek Styblo, PhD
Professor, Nutrition
Adjunct Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences and Engineering
2302 Michael Hooker Research Center
CB# 7461
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 966-5721
styblo@med.unc.edu

  • Director, Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Lab
Susan Sumner

Dr. Susan Sumner

Susan Sumner, PhD
Professor, Nutrition
500 Laureate Way, Suite 4201
Kannapolis, NC 28081
(704) 250-5066
susan_sumner@unc.edu

  • Director, Metabolism and Metabolomics Core
Kimberly Parker Truesdale

Dr. Kimberly Parker Truesdale

Kimberly Parker Truesdale, PhD
Associate Professor, Nutrition
2209 McGavran-Greenberg Hall
CB# 7461
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 966-2327
kim_truesdale@unc.edu

  • Director, CHAI Core: Behavioral Assessment
Dr. Deborah Tate

Dr. Deborah Tate

Deborah Tate, PhD
Professor, Health Behavior and Nutrition
1700 MLK Jr Blvd, Suite 100
CB# 7294
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 966-7546
dtate@unc.edu

  • Director, Clinical and Community Human Assessment and Interventions (CHAI) Core
Saroja Voruganti

Dr. Saroja Voruganti

Saroja Voruganti, PhD
Associate Professor, Nutrition
500 Laureate Way, Suite 3150
Kannapolis, NC 28081
(704) 250-5009
saroja@unc.edu

  • Co-Director, Precision Nutrition Core
  • Director, CHAI Core: Clinical Assessment

Center Personnel

Jennifer Wills Gallagher, MPPA, RD
Administrative Director
200 North Greensboro Street
Suite D15
Carrboro, NC 27510
(919) 843-7830
jennifer_wills@med.unc.edu

  • Administrative Director, CHAI Core: Interventions

Traci Davis, MS
Research Specialist
Michael Hooker Research
Center #2204
CB# 7461
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
(919) 843-5145
tracid@email.unc.edu

  • Core Manager, Animal Metabolism Phenotyping Core (Chapel Hill)

Susan McRitchie, MA, MS
Program Manager, Sumner Lab
500 Laureate Way
Kannapolis, NC 28081
(704) 250-5067
susan_mcritchie@unc.edu

  • Core Manager, Metabolism and Metabolomics Core

Melissa VerHague, PhD
Research Associate
500 Laureate Way
Kannapolis, NC 28081
(704) 250-5049
verhague@email.unc.edu

  • Core Manager, Animal Metabolism Phenotyping Core (NRI)