Scientific Review Committee

Responsible for reviewing and scoring the scientific content of grant applications related to the study of obesity for the Society's grants program

Patrick M. O'Neil, PhD, PhD, Immediate Past President (Chair)

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston SC

Population Studies

Jimmy Efird, PhD

Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

K-L Catherine Jen, PhD

Brody School of Medicine, Greenville, NC

Kari North, PhD

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Clinical Studies

Marc-Andre Cornier, MD

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO

Julie Lumeng, MD

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Ted Okerson, MD, FACP

University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA

Priscilla E. Pemu, MD, MSCR, FACP

Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

Hollie Raynor, PhD, RD, LDN

University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Ellen Schur, MD, MS

University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Cell & Molecular

Gerald Denis, PhD

Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

Matthew W. Hulver, PhD

Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Christopher Larson, PhD

Takeda Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA

Integrated Biology

Nikhil V. Dhurandhar, PhD

Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA

Silvia Giraudo, PhD

University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Collen M. Novak, PhD

Kent State University, Kent, OH

Lora K. Heisler, PhD

University Of Cambridge, Cambridge UK

Scott E. Kanoski, PhD

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA