Alice Meng Received BNORC Travel Award
Alice Meng has received a travel award to attend the Keystone Symposia on Neuronal Control of Appetite in March 2022. Alice is a graduate student in the Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and is mentored by Dr. Maribel Rios.
Raziel Rojas-Rodriguez Receives BNORC Travel Award
Raziel Rojas-Rodriguez, PhD at Tufts University / Tufts Medical Center has received a BNORC travel award to attend the Keystone Symposia: Adipose Tissue and Metabolic Health in February 2022. Dr. Rojas-Rodriguez is a 2nd year postdoctoral fellow co-mentored by Dr. Andrew Greenberg (Tufts University) and Dr. Patrick Catalano at Tufts Medical Center.
Rachel Essner Receives BNORC Travel Award
Rachel Essner, a fourth year Ph.D. candidate in the Program in Neuroscience at Harvard University has received a BNORC travel award to attend the Keystone Symposia on Neuronal Control of Appetite in March 2022. Rachel is completing her dissertation research in Dr. Mark Andermann’s lab at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Member Heather Baer Receives Funding from Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Dr. Heather Baer, member and Pilot and Feasibility investigator (2011-2013) has received notice that her project “Implementation of an Online Weight Management Program in Clinical and Community Settings” will be funded by the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute. Please see the announcement. https://www.pcori.org/research-results/2021/implementation-online-weight-management-program-clinical-and-community
Pilot and Feasibility Funding Awarded to Dr. Lidia Minguez-Alarcon
Lidia Minguez-Alarcon, PhD, MPH, Lecturer, Channing Division of Network, Brigham and Women’s Hospital has received a BNORC Pilot and Feasibility funding for a project entitled “Diet, ovarian reserve and cardiometabolic health”. The project has been initially funded for 12-months beginning July 1, 2021.
Pilot and Feasibility Funding Awarded to Dr. Clemens Wittenbecher
Clemens Wittenbecher, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Nutrition at Harvard TH Chan SPH has received a BNORC Pilot and Feasibility funding for a project entitled “Metabolomics profiles’ 10-year changes linking diet, obesity and genetics to subsequent T2D risk”. The project has been initially funded for 12-months beginning July 1, 2021.
Pilot and Feasibility Funding Awarded to Dr. Danielle Haslam
Danielle Haslam, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital has received a BNORC Pilot and Feasibility funding for her project “Multi-omic signatures of sugar and artificially-sweetened beverages and changes in body weight”. The project has been initially funded for 12-months beginning July 1, 2021.
Pilot and Feasibility Funding Awarded to Dr. Natalia Machado
Natalia Machado, MS, PhD, Staff Scientist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School recently received BNORC Pilot and Feasibility funding for her project “A master switch in the regulation of body temperature and metabolic rate”. The project has been initially funded for 12-months beginning July 1, 2021.
Dr. Susana Rovira-Llopis Awarded BNORC Small Grant
Dr. Susana Rovira-Llopis, Postdoctoral Fellow at Joslin Diabetes Center has received a BNORC small grant award for her project “Study of the mechanisms involved in exercise-induced adipokine secretion by generation of a CRISPR transgenic mouse”, which will use the Center’s Transgenic Core. Dr. Rovira-Llopis is an early career investigator in the lab of Dr. Laurie Goodyear. This […]
Dr. Melanie Schorr Haines Awarded NIH/NIDDK Supplement
Dr. Melanie Schorr Haines, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and BNORC Pilot Investigator received an NIH/NIDDK Supplement (5 K23 DK115903-04S1) for her project entitled “Relative Sarcopenia and Cardiometabolic Risk in Young Adults with Obesity”.