Vanderbilt Center for Human Nutrition

Faculty Interests

The general research interests of the faculty for the Center for Human Nutrition reflect the patient care provided in the Center. These interests include: improving nutrition support techniques, treating malnutrition, assessing the overall diets of older adults, and reducing the health complications associated with obesity.

Diet and Nutrition Assessment Center

The VCHN Diet and Nutrition Assessment Center is a resource available to researchers to provide expertise in the design, data collection, processing, assessment and/or analysis of all forms of dietary and nutrient intake:  foods, beverages, dietary supplements, liquid nutrition supplements, tube feedings, parenteral support, and medications.

Dietary and nutrient intakes can be assessed for cross-sectional studies, observational/epidemiological studies, experiments, clinical trials and interventions.  Six methods of assessing intakes are available:

Please call or email for further information:  615-936-1299 or heidi.j.silver@vanderbilt.edu

Recruitment

The Vanderbilt Center for Human Nutrition is currently recruiting participants for the following types of research studies:

• Role of Grapefruit and Grapefruit Juice in Weight Loss for Adults with BMI 30-39.9
• Role of High Fat Diets for Weight Loss and Cardiovascular Health in Caucasian and African American Females with BMI 30-39.9
• Preserving Muscle Mass in Head and Neck Cancer Patients During Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy

Please call 615-936-0985 and leave us your contact information (name, work phone, home phone, cell phone or email address).