2025 NORC Pilot and Feasibility Awardees

Michele L. Patel, PhD, Instructor, Department of Medicine, Stanford University- “Enhancing weight loss in a digital intervention among adults with overweight or obesity: A randomized pilot study”

Vivek Charu, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University- “Improving the diagnosis and risk stratification of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatoticliver disease (MASLD) in patients with obesity”

Michael Baiocchi, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford University- “Stronger Pilot: Mitigating muscle loss in anti-obesity medications with resistance training + high protein”

Joseph C. Wu, MD, PhD, Simon H. Stertzer, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Stanford University- “Enhancing the Efficacy of Tirzepatide via Co-administration of Genistein”

Danny Chou, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University- “Development of novel dual agonists targeting GPCRs in obesity and diabetes”