Clinical Obesity Research Panel (CORP)



Background

The NIDDK Clinical Obesity Research Panel (CORP) is the successor to the National Task Force on Prevention and Treatment of Obesity, which was in existence from June 1991 until June 2003. The NIDDK CORP, composed of leading obesity researchers and clinicians, is charged with providing advice to the NIDDK Advisory Council on important clinical research needs related to obesity prevention and treatment, including their relative priority and costs, and identifies concepts for future clinical studies of obesity. The CORP serves in an advisory capacity to the Weight-control Information Network and may suggest topics for NIDDK-sponsored workshops and develop papers on topics related to clinical aspects of obesity. The CORP is placed organizationally under the auspices of the NIDDK Advisory Council and a member of the NIDDK Advisory Council serves on the CORP as a liaison member.

Roster

Susan Z. Yanovski, M.D., Executive Director
Co-Director, Office of Obesity Research
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National Institutes of Health
6707 Democracy Boulevard, Room 675
Bethesda, MD 20892

Steven N. Blair, P.E.D.
Professor
Department of Exercise Science
Arnold School of Public Health
University of South Carolina
921 Assembly Street
Columbia, SC 29208

Matthew W. Gillman, M.D., S.M.
Director, Obesity Prevention Program
Associate Professor
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
133 Brookline Avenue, 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02215

Lee M. Kaplan, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, MGH Weight Center
Massachusetts General Hospital
50 Staniford Street, 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02114

Samuel Klein, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Science
Director, Center for Human Nutrition
Washington University School of Medicine
660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8031
St. Louis, MO 63110

Rudolph L. Leibel, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Head, Division of Molecular Genetics
Co-Director of the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion
1150 Saint Nicholas Avenue, Room 620 A
New York, NY 10032

  

Thomas Robinson, M.D., M.P.H.
The Irving Schulman, Endowed Professor in Child Health
Professor of Pediatrics and of Medicine
Division of General Pediatrics & Stanford Prevention Research Center
Director, Center for Healthy Weight
Stanford University School of Medicine
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
2124 Cedar Avenue
Menlo Park, CA 94025–6504

Randy J. Seeley, Ph.D.
Donald C. Harrison Endowed Professor in Medicine
Director, Cincinnati Diabetes and Obesity Center
Metabolic Diseases Institute
University of Cincinnati
2170 East Galbraith Road
Building E, 3rd Floor
ML 0503
Cincinnati, OH 45237

Alan R. Shuldiner, M.D.
John Whitehurst Professor of Medicine
Head, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition
Director, Program in Genetics and Genomic Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Howard Hall, Room 494
660 Redwood Street
Baltimore, MD 21201

Delia Smith West, Ph.D.
Director, Center for the Study of Obesity
Professor, Health Behavior and Health Education
College of Public Health
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
4301 West Markham Street, Suite 820
Little Rock, AR 72205

Contact

For more information, please contact the Executive Director of the CORP, Dr. Susan Yanovski.

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Page last updated: February 23, 2012

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