# Michigan Nutrition Obesity Research Center

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · 2020 · $1,064,298

## Abstract

Abstract/Summary – Overall MNORC
The Michigan Nutrition Obesity Research Center (MNORC) was initially funded in 2010 to
support, integrate and enhance research related to obesity and nutrition among the faculty of
the University of Michigan. The goal of MNORC is to create an environment to encourage and
enable researchers from preclinical, clinical and translational research disciplines to integrate
advanced, phenotyping and data analytic tools to more fully define individual and population
characteristics that arise in response to dietary nutrient composition or amount.
This will be accomplished by providing core laboratory infrastructure, educational and training
opportunities and pilot grants to enhance research productivity. The MNORC has expanded the
research infrastructure and Core offerings in response to the needs of the research community
and has supported the expansion of nutrition and obesity research across the UM campus. This
is highlighted by the institutional investment to establish two new cores that are part of this
proposal. MNORC has 102 members that are faculty across the various schools at UM. These
faculty currently control just under $26M/year of direct costs in nutrition/obesity-related funding
for R-awards and funding from non-NIH sources and an additional $30M/year in
nutrition/obesity-related F, K, P, T and U grants. The MNORC Cores include the Administrative
Core, which will oversee and integrate the research, clinical and education functions of the
Center, including an annual symposium, seminar series, training for undergraduates, dieticians,
medical students, house staff and fellows in the breadth of nutrition and obesity care and
research; the Nutrition, Exercise and phenotype Testing Core, which will provide expertise
and infrastructure for sophisticated metabolic and neurobehavioral testing of humans in inpatient
and outpatient settings; the Molecular Phenotyping Core, which will continue supporting
targeted and untargeted metabolomics profiling as well as new initiatives for multi-omics data
integration; the newly established Adipose Tissue Core will provide expertise and technical
services to basic and clinical biomedical researchers interested in investigating how adipocytes
throughout the body develop, function, and interact with other cell types; the Childhood
Obesity Research Core will support investigators focused on translational research in
childhood overweight/obesity by leveraging learning health systems and health information
technology at the University of Michigan. MNORC will continue to support the Weight
Management Program which integrates research into a highly successful adult clinical weight loss
program and is now being extended into children, families and women seeking to become pregnant.
Numerous investigators access the patients, biosamples and data collected through this program
for their own research. Through the next funding period, MNORC will continue to communicate
with the research bas...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10045293
- **Project number:** 2P30DK089503-11
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
- **Principal Investigator:** RANDY J SEELEY
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $1,064,298
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2010-07-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10045293

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10045293, Michigan Nutrition Obesity Research Center (2P30DK089503-11). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10045293. Licensed CC0.

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