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Meet Our Team

Our talented team of brilliant researchers and experienced, caring medical professionals is bringing medical discoveries from the laboratory to the community for further testing through clinical trials in an effort to tackle some of today’s biggest health problems – obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.

Steven R. Smith, MD

Scientific Director

Richard E. Pratley, MD

Professor, Senior Faculty 

Magdalena Pasarica, MD, PhD

Faculty Scientist

Dwight A. Towler MD, PhD

Faculty

Lauren M. Sparks, PhD

Faculty Scientist

Attila Seyhan, PhD

Faculty Scientist

Heather Cornnell, PhD

Research Scientist, Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy (MRI/S) 

Christopher Davis, PhD

Research Scientist

Stephanie Parsons, PhD

Research Scientist - Muscle and Energy Metabolism 

 

Alok Pachori, PhD

Research Scientist - Muscle and Energy Metabolism  



Hui Xie, PhD

Senior Biostatistician

Zuzana Kovacova, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow

Christopher P. Bock, MSME

Biomedical Engineer

Julie Clyatt, ARNP

Nurse Practitioner – Translational Research

Penelope Carlson, RN, BSN, CCRC

Clinical Operations Manager - Clinical Core

Karen Jones, BS, RN, CCRC

Clinical Operations Manager - Clinical Research Core

Jennifer McCall MS, MLS(ASCP)

Senior Laboratory Scientist

Coordinator - Biorepository and Research Laboratory