TIGOR

Tufts Institute for Global Obesity Research

People

Our team consists of researchers from across Tufts University, Tufts Medical Center, and beyond, and is always growing. We welcome you to reach out to us if you would like to get involved.

Leadership

Christina Economos, PhD*
Dean ad interim; Professor; New Balance Chair in Childhood Nutrition, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and Director of ChildObesity180

Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy *[On leave from TIGOR during 2022-2023 academic year]

Susan B. Roberts, PhD
Director, Energy Metabolism Laboratory and Senior Scientist, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, and Staff Member in Pediatrics, Tufts Medical School

Aviva Must, PhD
Professor in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine

School of Medicine, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Steering Committee

Jonathan Garlick, DDS, PhD
Professor

Tufts School of Dental Medicine, Tufts School of Medicine

Erin Hennessy, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor

Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Krishna Kumar, PhD
Robinson Professor of Chemistry

Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences

Deborah Linder, DVM, MS, DACVN
Research Assistant Professor, Co-Director of Tufts Institute for Human-Animal Interaction

Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

Fang Fang Zhang, MD,PhD
Associate Professor

Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Project Staff

Shanti Sharma

Shanti Sharma, PhD
Associate Director of Research & Evaluation at ChildObesity180

Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Faculty

Larissa Calancie, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Sean B. Cash, PhD
Bergstrom Foundation Professor in Global Nutrition and Associate Professor

Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Patrick M Catalano, MD
Professor

Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Secondary: Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy 

Artur Chernoguz, MD
Assistant Professor

Tufts University School of Medicine

Virginia Rall Chomitz, MS, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine

Tufts University School of Medicine

Maria Carlota Dao, PhD
Scientist III

Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University

Sai Krupa Das, PhD
Associate Professor, Scientist I

Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University

Jonathan M Davis, MD
Vice-Chair of Pediatrics, Chief of Newborn Medicine

The Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center

Jennifer J. DuPont, PhD
Principal Investigator

Molecular Cardiology Research Institute, Tufts Medical Center 

M. Ann Easterbrooks, PhD
Professor

Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development

Larry A. Feig, PhD
Professor

Department of Developmental, Molecular and Chemical Biology Department of Neuroscience, Tufts University School of Medicine

Wenhui Feng
Assistant Professor

Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine

M. Elizabeth Fini, PhD
Professor

New England Eye Center, Tufts Medical Center and Department of Ophthalmology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Program in Pharmacology and Drug Development, Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

Sara Folta, PhD
Associate Professor

Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Caroline Attardo Genco, PhD
Vice Provost for Research and Arthur E. Spiller, M.D. Professor  

Office of the Vice Provost for Research at Tufts University, Department of Immunology at Tufts University School of Medicine  

Andrew Greenberg, MD
Senior Scientist, Director, Obesity and Metabolism Laboratory

Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University

David J. Greenblatt, MD
Professor

Tufts University School of Medicine

Weimin Guo, MD, PhD
Scientist III

Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University

Daniel P. Hatfield, PhD
Research Assistant Professor

Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Justin B. Hollander, PhD
Professor

School of Arts & Sciences

James Intriligator, PhD
Professor of the Practice

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering

Eileen Kennedy, DSc,RD
Professor of Nutrition and former Dean

Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Valencia Joyner Koomson, PhD
Associate Professor

Tufts University School of Engineering

Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc
Gershoff Professor of Nutrition Science and Policy and Director and Senior Scientist

Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory, HNRCA

Jill L. Maron MD, MPH 
Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Mother Infant Research Institute, Tufts Medical Center

Joel Mason, MD
Professor of Medicine and Nutrition

USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging

William A. Masters, PhD
Professor

Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University and Department of Economics

Ellen Messer, PhD
Visiting Associate Professor

Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University; School of Arts and Sciences

Vittorio Montanari, PhD
Research Associate

Chemistry, Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences

Claire L. Moore, PhD
Professor

Department of Developmental, Molecular, and Chemical Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine

Nirupa R. Matthan, PhD
Scientist 1 / Associate Professor

Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University and Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

Jose M Ordovas, PhD
Professor and Senior Scientist

Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University; Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University

Perrie O’Tierney-Ginn, PhD
Research Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Tufts University School of Medicine

Karen Ann Panetta, PhD
Dean and Professor

Tufts School of Engineering for Graduate Education, Electrical & Computer Engineering

Emmanuel N. Pothos, PhD
Associate Professor and Program Director

Department of Immunology, Tufts University School of Medicine

Maribel Rios, PhD
Associate Professor

Tufts University School of Medicine

Parke Wilde, PhD
Professor

Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University