Advisory Committees

The UNC NORC provides expertise, infrastructure, and services through three biomedical research cores – the Genomics and Energy Metabolism (GEM) Core, the Clinical and Community Human Assessment and Interventions (CHAI) Core, and the Metabolomics and Proteomics (MAP) Core – as well as the Center’s Enrichment Program and Pilot & Feasibility Program.

External Advisory Board

The UNC NORC’s External Advisory Board (EAB) is composed of world-renowned scientists with expertise in population-based, clinical, and basic biomedical research in nutrition. They have special expertise that enriches the operations of the UNC NORC. Members of the EAB serve renewable three-year terms. The current members of the EAB are listed below.

Charles Burant, MD, PhD
Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Professor of Metabolism
Professor of Nutritional Sciences
School of Public Health, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Term: 2021 – Present

Anthony G. Comuzzie, PhD, FTOS
CEO, The Obesity Society
Term: 2021 – Present

Anthony W. Ferrante, Jr., MD, PhD
Tilden-Weger-Bieler Professor of Medicine
Chief of Preventive Medicine & Nutrition
Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center, Columbia University
Term: 2021 – Present

Paul MacLean, PhD
Professor
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Term: 2021 – Present

Marian L. Neuhouser, PhD
Program Head, Cancer Prevention Program
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington
Term: 2021 – Present

José M. Ordovás, PhD
Lead Scientist and Senior Scientist
Nutrition and Genomics Team
Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
Tufts University
Term: 2021 – Present

Ken Resnicow, PhD
Irwin M. Rosenstock Collegiate Professor of Public Health
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Term: 2021 – Present

Peter Turnbaugh, PhD
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
School of Medicine
University of California at San Francisco
Term: 2021 – Present

Internal Advisory Board

The Internal Advisory Board (IAB) is responsible for maintaining the quality, objectivity, and continuity of policies and procedures that govern the Center. In addition to the Core Directors, the Enrichment Program Director, and the Co-Directors of the P&F Program, three UNC NORC members representing the NORC membership and one representative of the North Carolina Diabetes Research Center (NCDRC) serve three-year renewable terms on the Internal Advisory Board. The current members of the IAB are listed below.

Natalia Krupenko, PhD
Associate Professor of Nutrition
Term: 2020-Present

Donald McClain, MD, PhD (NCDRC Representative)
Professor, Endocrinology and Metabolism
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Term: 2021-Present

Amanda Thompson, PhD
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Nutrition
Term: 2020-Present

Carmina G. Valle, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Nutrition
Member, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
Term: 2020-Present