Nutrition Research Center

The NRC is housed within the Parkland Research Facility Parkland Building, a 2685 sqft space designated by the School of Public Health for conducting research trials. It contains a wet lab of 168.5 sqft for performing blood centrifuging and aliquoting, office space for the principal lab assistant for performing duties related to blood processing, a -20 freezer for storing blood samples, and a table for blood centrifuging. The center has an anthropometrics room with stadiometers, scales, InBody, and BodPod for measurement of body fat/composition, and space for participant orientation visits. The building contains a dry lab, 211 sqft, and has four offices, 144 square feet each, for research personnel, including a research dietician, research coordinator, doctoral student, and administrative assistant. These offices contain computers and updated Nutrition Data Systems for Research (NDSR) software for performing 24-hour recalls.  The building has a central lounge area of 1278 sqft, which is a waiting area for participants before they meet with the research dietician/clinicians.  It contains six cubicles for other research personnel, including students in master's and doctoral degree programs working on various research projects.  Additionally, it has a conference room for conducting meetings with the research personnel to discuss the progress of ongoing research projects. An 899.6 sqft trailer behind the Parkland building is a storage place where all the lab and office supplies are stored.

Students can get involved by volunteering or becoming graduate assistants for our nutrition clinical trials and helping with manuscript and grant application writing; for more information, they can contact Amandeep Wright at [email protected] or call 909-4558-8382.