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Leadership

Doug Wright portrait

Doug Wright, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator, Co-Director
Professor, Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine

John Thyfault portrait

John Thyfault, Ph.D., FACSM, FTOS
Principal Investigator, Co-Director
Professor, Cell Biology & Physiology and Endocrinology, Diabetes & Clinical Pharmacology

Lindon Giesen portrait

Lindon Giesen
Program Administrator


External Advisory Committee

Jessica Alvarez portrait
Associate Professor, Medicine-Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipids

Emory University School of Medicine


Brian Callaghan portrait
Professor, Neurology

Darleen Sandoval portrait
Professor, Pediatrics-Nutrition

University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine


Internal Advisory Committee

Christie Befort portrait
Professor, Population Health

Ann Davis portrait
Professor, Pediatrics

Jennifer Davis portrait
Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology

Seth Holwerda portrait
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine

Lauren Ptomey portrait
Associate Professor, Physical Activity & Weight Management

Felicia Steger portrait
Assistant Professor, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Clinical Pharmacology

Translating Obesity, Metabolic Dysfunction and Comorbid Disease States

Translating Obesity, Metabolic Dysfunction and Comorbid Disease States
University of Kansas Medical Center
3901 Rainbow Boulevard
Kansas City, KS 66160
tomadst32@kumc.edu
(913) 574-2882