Michael Goran , PhD Director, Childhood Obesity Research Center
Professor of Preventive Medicine; Physiology & Biophysics & Pediatrics
The Dr Robert C & Veronica Atkins Chair in Childhood Obesity & Diabetes
USC Keck School of Medicine
Dr. Goran holds appointments as Professor in the Departments of Preventive Medicine, Physiology & Biophysics and Pediatrics in the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. He is the founding Director of the USC Childhood Obesity Research Center and holds the Dr Robert C and Veronica Atkins Endowed Chair in Childhood Obesity and Diabetes. His research has focused on the causes of consequences of childhood obesity for almost 20 years. Dr Goran received his Ph.D. from the University of Manchester, UK prior to postdoctoral training in the US. He previously served on the faculty of Medicine at the University of Vermont, and the Department of Nutrition Sciences at UAB prior to joining USC in 1999.
Dr Goran is Director of the USC Center for Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer (USC C-TREC), a program project funded by the National Cancer Institute, and a Center of Research Excellence in Minority Obesity in Youth from the National Center for Minority Health Disparities. In addition, Dr Goran serves as PI on two RO1 grants funded by NIDDK and NICHD. His work is focused on understanding the metabolic factors linking obesity to increased disease risk during growth and development and using this information as a basis for developing new behavioral and community approaches for prevention and risk reduction. He is also especially interested in ethnic disparities in obesity and obesity related diseases.
Dr. Goran has published almost 200 professional peer-reviewed articles. He was the developer and executive producer of the IMPACT CD-ROM, an interactive computer game promoting physical activity in children. He is the co-editor of the ?Handbook of Pediatric Obesity? published in 2006 and an Associate Editor for Obesity. He is currently heading a USC initiative on obesity to bring together faculty from across all disciplines and campuses including Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles.
Full details on Dr Goran's research can be found on his web-site at: http://web.me.com/michaelgoran/Site/Home.html
For full list of publications, please see website at http://web.me.com/michaelgoran/Site/Home.html
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