# Enrichment Program

> **NIH NIH P30** · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · 2024 · $77,613

## Abstract

ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
PROJECT SUMMARY
The Enrichment Program of the UT Southwestern NORC has been designed with three overlying goals in mind.
The first goal is to provide opportunities for the dissemination and exchange of knowledge among UT
Southwestern students, principal investigators and their research teams, and health care professionals
interested in nutrition and obesity research and in evidence-based clinical care of individuals with obesity. The
second goal is to foster interactions between nutrition and obesity researchers at UT Southwestern with those
at other NORC-funded institutions as well as institutions without NORC funding, as a means of facilitating the
exchange of ideas and collaborations. The third goal is to engage the North Texas and wider community at large
– both families and health professionals – in an effort to provide them knowledge on the science behind
overweight and obesity, to better equip them with evidence-based, best practice strategies for improving
metabolic health, and to familiarize them with the translational obesity-related research opportunities at UT
Southwestern. In order to achieve these goals, our program will institute the following elements: 1) a UT
Southwestern NORC Seminar Series, 2) the UT Southwestern NORC McGarry Symposium, 3) coursework and
journal clubs for students in a new Molecular Metabolism and Metabolic Diseases Graduate Track and for
students interested in nutrition and obesity who are currently funded by several T32 Training Programs on
Campus, 4) an Introduction to the UT Southwestern NORC Core Facilities Workshop, 5) a community outreach
program entitled, “UT Southwestern Weight Wellness and Healthy Lifestyle Day”, 6) an ongoing Podcast, and 7)
maintenance of an active and up-to-date social media presence. This program will facilitate the dissemination
and exchange of knowledge, will enhance educational opportunities, and will provide opportunities for outreach
to the community.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10857187
- **Project number:** 5P30DK127984-03
- **Recipient organization:** UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** Jeffrey M Zigman
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $77,613
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2022-07-01 → 2027-05-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10857187

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10857187, Enrichment Program (5P30DK127984-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10857187. Licensed CC0.

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