Director: Brian Finck, PhD
Administrators: Lisa Wojcik, Karen Muehlhauser
Contact: Lisa Wojcik, Karen Muehlhauser
Email: lisawojcik@wustl.edu, kmuehlha@wustl.edu
The Washington University NORC Administrative Core promotes collaboration, growth and success within the NORC membership. The NORC Director, Associate Directors, Administrator, and Core Directors/Associate Directors, with governance by the Executive Committee, are responsible for monitoring and documenting the use of each Core, preventing overlap of funding for services provided, managing the budget, and making certain compliance and appropriate guidelines are met. The Administrative Core oversees the Enrichment Program, manages the Pilot and Feasibility Program, coordinates the Executive Committee and External Advisory Committee meetings, tracks publications and grants that were facilitated by NORC funding, manages and oversees the fiscal aspects of the NORC and reports annually to the NIH/NIDDK.
Committees
| Name | Relevant Positions |
|---|---|
| Brian Finck, PhD | Committee Chair NORC Director |
| Samuel Klein, MD | NORC Associate Director Clinical Science Research Core Director |
| Jonathan Brestoff, PhD | Animal Model Research Core Director |
| Nada Abumrad, PhD | Cellular and Molecular Biology Core Co-Director |
| Clair Crewe, PhD | Cellular and Molecular Biology Core Co-Director |
| Dominic Reeds, MD | Pilot and Feasibility Program Director |
| Sarah England, PhD | Enrichment Program Director |
| William Powderly, MD | Director, Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences |
| Name | Appointments | Expertise |
|---|---|---|
| Naji Abumrad, MD | Professor of Surgery Department of Surgery Vanderbilt University School of Medicine | Obesity Bariatric Surgery Substrate and Energy Metabolism |
| Lori Sussel, PhD | Professor Director, Basic and Translational Research Barbra Davis Center University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus | Regulation of Islet Cell Differentiation Endocrine Function |
| Jay Horton, MD | Professor of Medicine and Molecular Genetics University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Animal Models Molecular Biology Fatty Liver Lipoprotein Metabolism |
| Steven Zeisel, MD | Professor of Pediatrics Chair, Department of Nutrition University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill | Micronutrients Genetics Public Health |