The Clinical & Translational Bionutrition Core at UCSF provides comprehensive nutrition services for clinical research, including research diet development, nutrition screening, and participant education. Led by research dietitian Cewin Chao, the core offers support in creating individualized diets while adhering to research protocols and ensures the reliability of nutritional data. This initiative is funded by grant UL1 RR24131 from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) and the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research.

1. Clinical &
Translational
Bionutrition Core
Sciences Contact: Cewin Chao, MS,RD, MBA
Institute chaoce@gcrc.ucsf.edu
415-476-9234
UCSF
Mission
Metabolic Kitchen Services: Research Dietitian Services:
To provide comprehensive
nutrition services to • Research diet production • Nutrition screening and assessment
researchers and participants • Pharmacokinetic / • Nutrient intake assessment
of the Clinical Research
Centers: pharmacodynamic studies  24-recall
Researchers: • Research formulas  food records
• Plan and implement • Therapeutic diets  food frequency questionnaire
nutrition-related • Nutrition education/ counseling
components of protocols
eg. develop research diets  individual
• Recommend optimal  group classes
methodologies to assure • Research Development
valid and reliable data
 write abstract, papers
• Advise on the benefit and
appropriateness of adding  organize, analyze, interpret nutrition data
nutrition services to an  develop resource materials
existing research study
 provide technical expertise
Participants:
• Educate, train, mentor
• Individualize research
diets to accommodate
patient needs while still
meeting requirements of
research protocol.
• Provide standardized
nutrition education to
participants enrolled in
approved protocols
• Education/ counseling
for personal clinical
condition
• Education for research
protocol
This resource made possible by Grant Number
UL1 RR24131 from the National Center for
Research Resources (NCRR), a component of
the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and NIH
Roadmap for Medical Research. Its contents are
solely the responsibility of the authors and do
not necessarily represent the official view of
NCRR or NIH. Information on NCRR available at
http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/. Information on Re-
engineering the Clinical Research Enterprise
can be obtained from
http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/clinicalresearch/over
view-translational.asp