Minnesota Obesity Center

List of Participating Investigators

 

Name

Department/Division

Affiliation

 

Jeffrey H. Albrecht, MD

Department of Medicine

UMN

 

Sharon S. Allen, MD, PhD

Family Medicine & Community
Health

UMN

 

Grant W. Anderson, PhD

Pharmacy Practice &
Pharmaceutical Sciences

UMN

 

David A. Bernlohr, PhD

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology
and Biophysics

UMN

 

Charles J. Billington, MD

Center for Diabetes Research

VAMC

 

Michael Camilleri, MD

Physiology and Biomedical
Engineering

Mayo Clinic

 

Chi Chen, PhD

Food Science & Nutrition

UMN

 

Xiaoli Chen, MD, PhD

Food Science & Nutrition

UMN

 

Eduardo N. Chini, MD, PhD

Anesthesiology

Mayo Clinic

 

Matthew M. Clark, PhD

Psychiatry & Psychology

Mayo Clinic

 

Cheryl A. Conover, PhD

Mayo Clinic Cancer Center

Mayo Clinic

 

Scott J. Crow, MD

Department of Psychiatry

UMN

 

Ellen W. Demerath, PhD

Epidemiology & Community
Health

UMN

 

Donald R. Dengel, PhD

School of Kinesiology

UMN

 

Carrie P. Earthman, PhD

Food Science & Nutrition

UMN

 

Patricia L. Faris, PhD

Department of Psychiatry

UMN

 

Andrew P. Flood, PhD

Epidemiology & Community
Health

UMN

 

Aaron R. Folsom, MD

Epidemiology & Community
Health

UMN

 

Simone A. French, PhD

Epidemiology & Community
Health

UMN

 

Jayne A. Fulkerson, PhD

School of Nursing

UMN

 

Timothy J. Griffin, PhD

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology
and Biophysics

UMN

 

ZengKui Guo, PhD

Medicine, Endocrinology &
Metabolism

Mayo Clinic

 

Jennifer L. Hall, PhD

Department of Medicine

UMN

 

Lisa J. Harnack, PhD

Epidemiology & Community
Health

UMN

 

John H. Himes, PhD

Epidemiology & Community
Health

UMN

 

David R. Jacobs, PhD

Epidemiology & Community
Health

UMN

 

Robert W. Jeffery, PhD

Epidemiology & Community
Health

UMN

 

Michael D. Jensen, MD

Medicine, Endocrinology &
Metabolism

Mayo Clinic

 

Michael J. Joyner, MD

Anesthesiology

Mayo Clinic

 

Aaron S. Kelly, PhD

Department of Pediatrics

UMN

 

Sundeep Khosla, MD

Medicine

Mayo Clinic

 

Do-Hyung Kim, PhD

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology
and Biophysics

UMN

 

James L. Kirkland, MD, PhD

Aging

Mayo Clinic

 

Catherine M. Kotz, PhD

Food Science & Nutrition

UMN

 

Martha Y. Kubik, PhD

School of Nursing

UMN

 

Mindy S. Kurzer, PhD

Food Science & Nutrition

UMN

 

Alex J. Lange, PhD

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology
and Biophysics

UMN

 

Melissa Nelson Laska, PhD

Epidemiology & Community
Health

UMN

 

Allen S. Levine, PhD

Food Science & Nutrition

College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences

UMN

 

James A. Levine, MD, PhD

Medicine, Endocrinology &
Metabolism

Mayo Clinic

 

Kelvin O. Lim, MD

Department of Psychiatry

UMN

 

Leslie A. Lytle, PhD

Epidemiology & Community
Health

UMN

 

Brian C. Martinson, Ph.D.

HealthPartners Research
Foundation

Health
Partners

 

Douglas Mashek, PhD

Food Science & Nutrition

UMN

 

John M. Miles, M.D.

Medicine, Endocrinology &
Metabolism

Mayo Clinic

 

K. Sreekumaran
Nair, MD, PhD

Medicine, Endocrinology &
Metabolism

Mayo Clinic

 

Gary L. Nelsestuen, PhD

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology
and Biophysics

UMN

 

Thomas P. Neufeld, Ph.D.

Genetics, Cell Biology &
Development

UMN

 

Dianne Neumark-
Sztainer, PhD

Epidemiology & Community
Health

UMN

 

Patrick J. O’Connor, MD

HealthPartners Research
Foundation

Health
Partners

 

Mark A. Pereira, PhD

Epidemiology & Community
Health

UMN

 

Carol B. Peterson, PhD

Department of Psychiatry

UMN

 

Moira A. Petit, PhD

School of Kinesiology

UMN

 

Lincoln R. Potter, PhD

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology
and Biophysics

UMN

 

Nico P. Pronk, PhD

Center for Health Promotion

Health
Partners

 

Nancy C. Raymond, MD

Department of Psychiatry

UMN

 

Marla Reicks, PhD

Food Science & Nutrition

UMN

 

Robert A. Rizza, MD

Medicine, Endocrinology &
Metabolism

Mayo Clinic

 

Alexander Rothman, PhD

Department of Psychology

UMN

 

Pamela J. Schreiner, PhD

Epidemiology & Community
Health

UMN

 

Elizabeth R. Seaquist, MD

Department of Medicine

UMN

 

Nancy E. Sherwood, PhD

HealthPartners Research
Foundation

Health
Partners

 

Shalamar D. Sibley, MD

Department of Medicine

UMN

 

Virend K. Somers, MD

Cardiovascular Diseases

Mayo Clinic

 

Lyn M. Steffen, PhD

Epidemiology & Community
Health

UMN

 

Julia Steinberger, MD

Department of Pediatrics

UMN

 

Mary T. Story, PhD

Epidemiology & Community
Health

UMN

 

Stephen D. Stovitz, MD

Family Medicine & Community
Health

UMN

 

Jennifer A. Teske, PhD

Food Science & Nutrition

UMN

 

Howard C. Towle, PhD

Biochemistry, Molecular Biology
and Biophysics

UMN

 

Johannes D. Veldhuis, MD

Medicine, Endocrinology &
Metabolism

Mayo Clinic

 

Adrian Vella, MD

Medicine, Endocrinology &
Metabolism

Mayo Clinic

 

ChuanFeng Wang, MD, PhD

Food Science & Nutrition

VAMC

 

Jennifer J. Westendorf, Ph.D.

Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology

Mayo Clinic

 

Jian-Min Yuan, MD, PhD

Epidemiology & Community
Health

UMN