Office of Obesity Research | NIDDK

Maren Laughlin, Ph.D.

Senior Advisor for Integrative Physiology: Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, & Metabolic Diseases
Co-Director: Office of Obesity Research

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Maren Laughlin, Acting Co-Director, Office of Obesity Research

Mary Evans, Ph.D.

Program Director: Division of Digestive Diseases & Nutrition
Acting Co-Director: Office of Obesity Research

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Mary Evans, Ph.D.

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The NIDDK Office of Obesity Research (OOR) is responsible for coordination of obesity-related research across NIDDK, and carries out its functions through the NIDDK Obesity Research Working Group. The OOR is located organizationally under the auspices of the Office of the Director, NIDDK, and its co-directors represent the two divisions with primary responsibility for obesity-related extramural research, the Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition (DDN) and the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases (DEM).