Comprehensive Program on Obesity Team
Through NYU Langone’s Comprehensive Program on Obesity, a team of researchers, clinicians, and administrators works together to advance the study and treatment of obesity.
Our Team
Brian D. Elbel, MPH, PhD
Director, Comprehensive Program on Obesity
Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine
Melanie R. Jay, MD
Co-Director, Comprehensive Program on Obesity
Associate Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine
Silvia Curado, PhD, MSc
Program Director, Comprehensive Program on Obesity
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Courtney Abrams, MA
Acting Administrative Director, Comprehensive Program on Obesity
Holly F. Lofton, MD
Clinical Lead and Fellowship Director, Comprehensive Program on Obesity
Clinical Associate Professor, Departments of Surgery and Medicine
Mary J. Messito, MD
Director of Pediatric Studies, Comprehensive Program on Obesity
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Sally Vanegas, PhD
Research Program Manager, Comprehensive Program on Obesity
Christine J. Ren-Fielding, MD
Chief of Bariatric Surgery Initiatives, Comprehensive Program on Obesity
Professor, Department of Surgery
Yindalon Aphinyanaphongs, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine
Benedict Guzman, MS
Data Scientist
Akash Gujral, MS
Research Associate
Gabriela Valverde
Research Coordinator
Elkay Jose
Fellowship Program Coordinator
Gabrielle Maranga
Research Manager
Shanna A. Tucker, MD
Clinical Fellow, Comprehensive Program on Obesity
Teaching Assistant, Department of Medicine
Affiliated Faculty
Jose O. Aleman, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Clancy Blair, MPH, PhD
The Bezos Family Foundation Professor of Population Health, Department of Population Health
Marie Bragg, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
Laurie M. Brotman, PhD
The Bezos Family Foundation Professor of Early Childhood Development, Department of Population Health
Professor, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Kenneth D. Carr, PhD
Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Lung-Chi Chen, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine
Carolyn Dimitri, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, NYU
Edward A. Fisher, MD, PhD, MPH
The Leon H. Charney Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine
Ira J. Goldberg, MD
The Clarissa and Edgar Bronfman Jr. Professor of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine
Rachel S. Gross, MD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Population Health
Richard B. Hayes, DDS, MPH, PhD
Professor, Department of Population Health
Sean P. Heffron, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Richard E. Heyman, PhD
Professor, Department of Cariology and Comprehensive Care, NYU College of Dentistry
Nadia S. Islam, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Population Health
Girardin Jean-Louis, PhD
Professor, Departments of Population Health and Psychiatry
Julia Lane, PhD
Professor, NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Aisha Langford, MPH, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
Huilin Li, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Population Health
Susan Kohl Malone, PhD, MSN
Assistant Professor, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing
Devin Mann, MD
Associate Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine
Gail D. Melkus, EdD, ANP, FAAN
Vice Dean for Research and the Florence and William Downs Professor in Nursing Research, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing
Kathryn J. Moore, PhD
The Jean and David Blechman Professor of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Professor, Department of Cell Biology
Elisabetta Mueller, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Pathology
Anna Nolan, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine
Olugbenga G. Ogedegbe, MD, MPH
The Dr. Adolph and Margaret Berger Professor of Medicine and Population Health, Department of Medicine
Ricardo M. Osorio Suarez, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Zhiheng Pei, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Pathology and Medicine
Jennifer Pomeranz, MPH, JD
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Policy and Management, NYU School of Global Public Health
Ravichandran Ramasamy, PhD
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Narjes Sharif Razavian, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Population Health and Radiology
Margaret E. Rice, PhD
Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience and Physiology
Ann Marie Schmidt, MD
The Dr. Iven Young Professor of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine
Antoinette M. Schoenthaler, EdD
Associate Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine
Mark D. Schwartz, MD
Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine
Azizi A. Seixas, PhD
Assistant Professor, Departments of Population Health and Psychiatry
Mary A. Sevick, ScD
Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine
Donna Shelley, MD, MPH
Adjunct Professor, Department of Population Health
Amy Michelle Smith Slep, PhD
Professor, Department of Cariology and Comprehensive Care, NYU College of Dentistry
Tanya M. Spruill, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine
Lorna E. Thorpe, MPH, PhD
Professor, Department of Population Health
Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP
Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Population Health
Chau Trinh-Shevrin, DrPH
Professor, Departments of Population Health and Medicine
Andrea B. Troxel, ScD
Professor, Department of Population Health
Aristotelis Tsirigos, PhD
Professor, Department of Pathology
Alexandra Ursache, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health
Kathleen Woolf, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, NYU
Shonna Yin, MD
Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Population Health
Anne Zeleniuch-Jacquot
Professor, Department of Population Health
