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The UNC Clinical Nutrition Research Center supports five research cores:

 

CORE A - ADMINSTRATIVE AND BIOSTATISTICS  
Discovering Innovative Nutrition Research and Informing Scientists and the Public About it 
The Administrative and Biostatistics Core provides
oversight for all the Center’s activities as well as biostatistical expertise and support.

 

CORE B - NUTRITION EPIDEMIOLOGY
Discovering Diet and Disease Relationships in Populations
The Nutrition Epidemiology Core provides advice in the design and analysis of epidemiologic studies focused on nutrition, physical activity and body composition.

 

CORE C - MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY

Discovering Molecular Mechanisms

The Molecular Biology & Nutritional Biochemistry Core encourages and facilitates application of molecular biology and biochemistry tools in nutritional research.

 

CORE D - NUTRITION BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTION (CHAI)
Discovering How to Change Behavior
The Nutrition Behavioral Intervention (CHAI) Core provides service to research projects that are developing interventions aimed at promoting health and disease prevention. The Core has a strong commitment to providing services to investigators seeking or developing peer-reviewed funded projects relevant to health promotion and disease control.

 

CORE E - ANIMAL METABOLISM AND PHENOTYPING
Discovering How Animal Body Composition and Energy Balance Influence Health

The Animal Metabolism and Phenotyping Core provides the tools necessary for animal body composition and energy balance studies.

 

Last updated June 16, 2008
 

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