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UNC Nutrition Obesity
Research Center

Our center is one of 11 centers in the country funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases that is specifically designed to enhance the efficiency, productivity, effectiveness and multidisciplinary nature of nutrition and obesity-related research.

Message from the Co-Directors

“Our ultimate goal as a research center is to encourage and facilitate increased, cost-effective, collaboration among multidisciplinary groups of investigators conducting nutrition and obesity-related research studies.”.

Elizabeth Mayer-Davis, Phd

Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor of Nutrition and Medicine
Dean, The Graduate School

Raz Shaikh, Phd

Professor of Nutrition
Associate Chair for Research, Department of Nutrition

Research Cores

GEM Core: Metabolic Phenotyping

CHAI Core: Behavioral Assessment

GEM Core: Nutrigenomics

CHAI Core: Clinical Research

Metabolomics Core

CHAI Core: Interventions

Featured News

Interdisciplinary Nutrition Sciences Symposium: “Obesity and the Brain Across the Life Course” – September 14 & 15, 2023

UNC NORC and NCDRC Launch SPLENDOR-NC: Supporting, Promoting, and Launching the Expansion of Nutrition, Diabetes, and Obesity Researchers in NC

2nd Annual Student Research Symposium: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 from 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM ET

Upcoming Events

Jul30

Sunday 12:00 am

Nutritional Immunology Across The Lifespan – 2023 FASEB Conference Series

Sep14

Thursday 12:00 am

Interdisciplinary Nutrition Sciences Symposium: “Obesity and the Brain Across the Life Course”