Nutrition Department - CWRU - Faculty Overview

PRIMARY FACULTY
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Henri Brunengraber, MD, PhD*	Professor and Department Chair (216) 368-6429 / 368-6548 hxb8@case.edu Director CASE Mouse Metabolic Phenotying Center (MMPC) CASE Metabolism Training Program (MTP) RESEARCH: Regulation of the pathways of fatty acid oxidation, ketone body metabolism, citric acid cycle and gluconeogenesis.
Hope Barkoukis, PhD	Associate Professor and Department Vice-Chair (216) 368-2441 hdb@case.edu RESEARCH: Nutritional management of chronic liver diseases, glucose metabolism, sports nutrition and food safety.
Colleen Croniger, PhD*	Associate Professor (216) 368-4967 cmc6@case.edu Director - MMPC Metabolic Core RESEARCH: Metabolic pathways in liver, muscle, adipose and pancreatic tissues. Molecular changes in animal pancreas models (resistant or sensitive to obesity in response to environmental stresses.
Paul Ernsberger, PhD	Associate Professor (216) 368-6548 pre@case.edu RESEARCH: Nutrition and cardiovascular diseases; nutrient-drugs interactions; metabolic pharmacology; genetic obesity; lipids in cell signaling.
Stephanie Harris, PhD, RD, LD	Assistant Professor (216) 368-2443 stephanie.harris@case.edu RESEARCH: Metabolism of calcium levulinate and its conversion to the drug of abuse 4-hydroxypentanoate; Application of metabolomics in the discovery of new metabolites and metabolic pathways.
Maria Hatzoglou, PhD*	Professor (216) 368-3012 mhx8@case.edu RESEARCH: Molecular mechanisms regulation of gene expression during stress.
Mary Beth Kavanagh, MS, RD, LD	Senior Instructor (216) 368-3231 mxk109@case.edu RESEARCH: Cancer Survivorship, Weight Management and the Practice of Dietetics.
Jane Korsberg, MS, RD, LD	Senior Instructor (216) 368-6630 jek13@case.edu RESEARCH: Weight management; Diabetes; Wellness Promotion/Disease Prevention and Control.
Edith Lerner, PhD, LD	Associate Professor Emerita EXL2@case.edu RESEARCH: Assessment of nutritional status during pregnancy; Trace mineral metabolism during pregnancy; Neonatal patients.
Danny Manor, PhD*	Associate Professor (216) 368-6230 dxm178@case.edu - Contact for the Department's Doctoral Programs RESEARCH: Molecular-level treatment and prevention of cancer.
Isabel Parraga, PhD, RD, LD	Associate Professor (216) 368-6626 imp@case.edu Director - MS in Public Health / Dietetic Internship Program RESEARCH: Nutritional anthropology; maternal and child nutrition; public health nutrition; child growth and schistosomiasis.
Michelle Puchowicz, PhD	Assistant Professor (216) 368-2501 map10@case.edu Director - MMPC Analytical & Metabolomic Core RESEARCH: Metabolomics; brain and body energy metabolism; regulation of fatty acid, ketone body and glucose metabolism; mass spectrometry.
Kay Sisk, MS, RD, LD	Instructor (216) 368-6627 kas208@case.edu RESEARCH: Nutrition messaging in the dental setting, nutrition and aging.
James Swain, PhD, RD, LD	Associate Professor (216) 368-8554 jhs31@case.edu Director - Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) RESEARCH: Influence of dietary iron on intestinal tumorigenesis.
Guofang Zhang, PhD	Assistant Professor (216) 368-6533 / (216) 368-0912 LAB gxz35@case.edu RESEARCH: New pathway which catabolizes 4-hydroxyacids.
SECONDARY FACULTY
Catherine Demko, PhD	Assistant Professor, Dentistry \| CWRU Case School of Dental Medicine (216) 368-8804 \| catherine.demko@case.edu
Saul M. Genuth, MD	Professor in Medicine \| CWRU Endocrinologist \| University Hospitals of Cleveland Diabetes mellitus; blood glucose control and complications
Sharon Groh-Wargo	Assistant Professor, Pediatrics & Nutrition \| CWRU SOM Neonatal Nutritionist - MetroHealth Medical Center (216) 778-5902 \| sgrohwargo@metrohealth.org Tolerance of a nutrient-enriched post-discharge formula for preterm infants.
Sanjay Gupta, PhD	Associate Professor - Urology \| University Hospitals of Cleveland (216) 368-6162 \| sanjay.gupta@case.edu Mechanisms of prostate carcinogenesis; treatment / prevention of prostate cancer.
Richard W. Hanson, PhD	Professor - Biochemistry \| CWRU SOM (216) 368-5302 \| richard.hanson@case.edu Hormonal control of gene expression.
Janos Kerner, PhD	Associate Professor (Pharmacology) Mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation and the regulation of pathway by malonyl-CoA (with special emphasis on the malonyl-CoA sensitive carnitine palmitoyltransferase).
Douglas Kerr, MD PhD	Professor, Pediatrics \| University Hospitals of Cleveland (216) 844-3661 \| douglas.kerr@case.edu Metabolic disorders in infants.
John Kirwan, PhD	Associate Professor, Reproductive Biology \| Dept. of Medicine MetroHealth Medical Center Staff, Pathobiology - Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute (216) 778-8848 \| john.kirwan@case.edu Aging; metabolism; endocrinology.
Laura Nagy, PhD*	Professor, Molecular Medicine Staff, Gastroenterology and Pathobiology Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute (216) 444-4021 \| nagyl3@ccf.org Effects of environmental factors such as diet and drugs on cellular signal transduction mechanisms.
Noa Noy, PhD	Professor, Pharmacology \| CWRU School of Medicine (216) 368-0302 \| noa.noy@case.edu Transcriptional regulations by nuclear hormone receptors.
William C. Stanley, Ph.D.	Professor, Medicine (primary appt.) and Physiology (secondart appt.) University of Maryland School of Medicine http://medschool.umaryland.edu/facultyresearchprofile/viewprofile.aspx?id=9744(410) 706-3585 \| wstanley@medicine.umaryland.edu Cardiac metabolism in health and disease. Specifically, the role of substrate metabolism and diet in the pathophysiology of heart failure and acute ischemic events using broad systems approach.
Anthony Tavill, M.D.	Professor of Medicine; Case Western Reserve University anthony.tavill@case.edu Hepatic metabolism in liver disease, iron metabolism and iron overload; protein metabolism and the liver; nutritional consequences of gastrointestinal disease; effects of alcohol on hepatic metabolism; circulatory disturbances in liver disease.