Leading Neuroscience Obesity Researcher Named New TOS President
Vice President, Council Members Elected
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SILVER SPRING, Md., Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Catherine Cathy Kotz, PhD, FTOS, a leading researcher into the neuroscience of obesity and energy balance is the new president of The Obesity Society (TOS), the organization announced today. Due to the considerable efforts of our TOS executive team, staff and members in preceding years, I stand in a great position to help TOS continue to lead the way in improving obesity research, access and care, said Kotz, professor and associate director of graduate studies at the University of Minnesota s Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology. She is also associate director of research at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center in Minneapolis.