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Director — Education Resources	David O. Warner, M.D.
Associate Director	Glenn Smith, Ph.D.
Operations Manager	Karen Weavers

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Research Resources — Director	—
Service Center — Director	Robert Simari, M.D.
Autonomic Physiology Facility	James Schmelzer
Bioinformatics	Alexey Leontovich, Ph.D.
Biostatistics/Study Design (BERD)	Rickey Carter, Ph.D.
Body Composition/Bone Density Facility	Jensen, Michael, M.D.
Cardiovascular Facility	Virend Somers, M.D., Ph.D.
Charlton Clinical Research Unit (CRU)	Joan Muhs, R.N.
Charlton CRU, Extended CRU, Mobile CRU	Andrew Badley, M.D.
Data Management	Michael Lin
Energy Balance Facility	Bruce Johnson, Ph.D.
Enteric Physiology and Imaging Facility	Duane Burton
Extended CRU, Mobile CRU	Lisa Fenton, R.N.
Funding Opportunities	Sue Rubow
Imaging Core	John Port, M.D., Ph.D.
Immunochemical Core Lab, Immune Monitoring Core	Hilary Blair
Knowledge Translation	M. Hassan Murad, M.D., and Nilay D. Shah, Ph.D.
Metabolomics Core	G. Charles Ford
Metabolomics Core	K. Sreekumaran Nair, M.D., Ph.D.
Nutrition Research Unit	Helen O'Connor
Pharmacogenomics Core	Richard Weinshilboum, M.D.
Regulatory Support	Karen Hartman
Research Ethics	Richard J. Sharp, Ph.D.
Research Ethics	Jen McCormick, Ph.D.
Research Investigational Preparatory Space	Jennifer Weis
Research Pharmacy	Christine Formea, Pharm.D., R.Ph.
Research Resources — Operations Manager	Jennifer Weis
Research Volunteer Resource	Leslie Jordan
Saint Marys CRU	Nanci Hawley, R.N.
Saint Marys CRU	Sundeep Khosla, M.D.
Service Center	Luanne Schmidt
Sleep Facility	Virend Somers, M.D., Ph.D.

Community Engagement — Director	Paul V. Targonski, M.D., Ph.D.
Office for Community-Engaged Research — Director	Joyce Balls-Berry, Ph.D., MPE
Office for Community-Engaged Research — Multicultural Research Coordinator	Stephanie Grassie
Office for Community-Engaged Research — Multicultural Research Coordinator	Miguel Valdez Soto
Practice-Based Research Network — Director	Paul Targonski, M.D., Ph.D.
Practice-Based Research Network — Operations Coordinator	Lisa Schrader
Rochester Epidemiology Project — Director	Walter Rocca, M.D.
Research Subject Advocate Program — Director	Eric Matteson, M.D.

Principal Investigator	Sundeep Khosla, M.D.
Associate Director and Co-Principal Investigator; Director — Education Resources	David O. Warner, M.D.
Co-Principal Investigator; Director — Community Engagement	Paul V. Targonski, M.D., Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator; Director — Research Resources	—
Co-Principal Investigator; Director — Service Center	Robert Simari, M.D.
Director — Administration	Scott Kaese
Associate Director — Administration	Jane C. Welter
Operations Manager	Laura Meiners