About our Core
The Mid-Atlantic Nutrition Obesity Research Center was established to promote and support research related to Nutrition and Obesity at University of Maryland Baltimore and The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. The Mid-Atlantic NORC is led by Drs. Simeon Taylor (Director) and Braxton Mitchell (Associate Director), who are Co-Principal Investigators on the NIH grant that supports the NORC (P30DK072488). To achieve its mission, the Mid-Atlantic NORC has three established biomedical research cores that provide services to Nutrition and Obesity Researchers at UMB and JHMI:
The Cores provide customized research services as well as consultations and collaborations. Researchers interested in using the NORC Service Center should contact the Core director for a consultation for services available and costs. Services include:
Clinical Translational Research (CTR) Core:
Community Obesity Measures of Movement, Anthropometry, Nutrition& Diet Core:
Animal Model Phenotyping (AMP) Core:
Name | Role | Phone | Location | |
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Simeon Taylor, PhD |
Core Director
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(410)706-6439
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staylor2@som.umaryland.edu
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Dan Morgan |
Program Specialist
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Danielmorgan@som.umaryland.edu
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Alice Ryan, PhD |
Core Director (CTR)
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(410)-605-7851
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aryan@som.umaryland.edu
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Erin Hager |
Core Director (COMMAND)
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(410)-706-0213
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ehager@som.umaryland.edu
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Liqing Yu (Justin) |
Core Director (AMP)
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(410)-706-5829
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lyu@som.umaryland.edu
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Braxton Mitchell |
Director Amish Research Clinic
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(410)-706-0161
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bmitchel@medicine.umaryland.edu
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Lawrence Appel |
Director Prohealth Research clinic
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(410)-955-3613
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lappel@jhmi.edu
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In House Services Price List |
► ARC Other (2) | |||
Name | Description | Price | |
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Administrative Oversight | Inquire | ||
Amish Liaison |
This service will be used to process payment for ONE Amish Liaison. Please put the number of hours you wish to process in the "Quantity" field. If you need to process more than one Liaison, please create seperate requests for each additional Liaison. |
Inquire | |
► COMMAND (2) | |||
Name | Description | Price | |
Actical Accelerometer Reader (Recertified) Purchase | Inquire | ||
Actical Accelerometer Software | Inquire |