The Metabolic Research Kitchen provides the University of Virginia General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) with a full-time bionutritionist, and three metabolic chefs. The research kitchen is designed to provide all clinical research subjects with meals scheduled and prepared in accordance to the studies specifications. Our research kitchen offers gourmet regular meals, therapeutic, constant, metabolically balanced, controlled nutrient, and weighed diets for protocols from multiple disciplines such as surgery, endocrinology, gastroenterology, allergy and immunology, nephrology, and neurology. The research kitchen staff is responsible for maintaining scientific accuracy when preparing these meals.

The research dietitian manages the research kitchen and provides the following services to investigators:

• Diet design
• Nutrient intake assessment (24 hour recall, food frequency questionnaire, food records)
• Nutrition assessment of research subjects
• Nutrition education of research subjects

Contact Information:  For questions on these or other topics, contact Jessica Rodriguez, Bionutrionist at:

eMail: jr3hh@virginia.edu
Voice:(434)-924-5012
Fax: (434)-979-4967
 

Jessica Rodriguez, Bionutrionist