CLINICAL NUTRITION LABS
In our state-of-the-art research labs, students learn how to:
- Assess underlying determinants of health that lead to poor nutrition outcomes
- Develop and evaluate dietary interventions
- Use implementation science research methods to advance the use of evidence-based practice by practitioners
- Complete multiple methods of dietary intake assessment including 3-day food records, 24-hour recalls using multiple pass methodology and data entry for the Nutrition Data System for Research (NDS-R), and food frequency questionnaires
- Analyze dietary intake data
- Assess fat mass and fat-free mass using Air displacement plethysmography (BOD POD) and bioelectrical impedance analysis
- Assess arterial stiffness and vasodilation
- Complete twenty-four hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
- Assess indirect calorimetry for measurement of resting energy expenditure and substrate utilization
Meet Our Research Mentors
During the application process, you will be asked to select the research lab that fits your interest. Read more about our research mentors
During the application process, you will be asked to select the research lab that fits your interest. Read more about our research mentors
Nutrition and Cognition Research Lab
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Clinical Nutrition and Aging Laboratory
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