Our Research Team

Research interests of our team include: personalized obesity medicine; phenotypic prediction of response to specific weight loss treatments; nutrition and metabolic support during critical illness, malnutrition, and surgery; and optimizing outcomes for comorbidities, such as diabetes.

To learn about individual research interests, please click on the clinician’s name to be taken to their profile. You can also find a list of their publications there.

Clinicians

Dong Wook Kim, MD – Nutrition Investigator
Kenya Palmer, MS, FNP – Nutrition Investigator
Ivania Rizo, MD – Nutrition Investigator
Kavita Sharma, MD – Nutrition Investigator

Research Support Staff

Özden Özkur Akinci, MSc, PhD – Research Coordinator
Zhihui Ju, MSPH – Research Coordinator
Liqun Yu, PhD – Research Technician

Contact Us

Patients and visitors: We are now recruiting for several studies! If you are interested in hearing about studies that you may be able to participate in, please consider enrolling in the ENDO Registry

Investigators: If you are interested in collaborating with the Nutrition and Metabolism team on a research study, please email Özden Özkur Akinci and Zhihui Ju or call 617-414-2935 or 617-414-2951.