( * )    BSTP  Trainers

  Henri Brunengraber, MD, PhD*

PROFESSOR  &  CHAIR
Tel.  (216) 368-6429 / 368-6548   |   Email  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
Tel.  (216) 368-2441   |   Email  hdb@case.edu

RESEARCH:  Nutritional management of chronic liver diseases, glucose metabolism, sports nutrition and food safety.

  Colleen Croniger, PhD*

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
(216) 368-4967          cmc6@case.edu

Director - Metabolic Core MMPC

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.

  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

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

PROFESSOR  &  VICE-CHAIR
(216) 368-2443          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

As part of the Public Health Nutrition Dietetic Internship Program (Dr. Parraga / Director).

  Alison Steiber, PhD, RD, LD

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
(216) 368-2075           als25@case.edu

Director -  Coordinated Dietetic Internship  (CDI)

RESEARCH: Nutritional status & dietary intake assessment, chronic kidney disease.

  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 / 0912 LAB           gxz35@case.edu

RESEARCH: New pathway which catabolizes 4-hydroxyacids.

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.