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The UNC Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) Clinical and Community Human Assessment and Interventions Core is comprised of three service areas:
The Core's Behavioral Assessment services are located in the Gillings School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Since its start in 2004, the Core's Behavioral Assessment services have provided cutting edge services to researchers across the nation in the areas of diet and physical activity. Our areas of expertise include: 24-hour diet recalls, Food Frequency Questionnaires, Food Records, Accelerometry, Physical Activity Assessments, and Proposal Development. From the proposal to the publication, the Core is here to provide you with expertise, support, and superior customer service for all your project needs!
The Core's Clinical Assessment services are a clinical facility located within the UNC Nutrition Research Institute on the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, NC just 30 minutes north of Charlotte. It is complete with examination rooms and equipment, pharmacy, phlebotomy laboratory, specimen laboratory, and furnished consultation rooms. For nutrition intervention studies, it offers a metabolic kitchen specifically designed to support nutrition research.
The Core's Clinical Assessment services offer state-of-the-art resources and support for investigators through:
The Core's Clinical Assessment services provides human nutrition research investigators with multidisciplinary services and equipment in one location. In service since 2008, it continues to expand to meet the needs of its investigators, and encourages collaborative as well as independent research.
The Core's Intervention services offer state of the art techniques and resources for the development of behavioral science interventions aimed at health promotion and disease prevention.
The Core is a one-stop shop for investigators looking to add value to their research studies in the areas of technology, user inquiry, and graphic design. The Core uses state-of-the-art technologies to facilitate the translation of traditional evidence-based behavioral interventions into effective web- and mobile-based interventions in nutrition and obesity. Go to the Core's Intervention website for additional information or to place an order: http://www.chaicore.com.
Name | Role | Phone | Location | |
Deborah Tate, PhD | Director, Intervention Services | (919) 966-7546 | dtate@unc.edu | Chapel Hill, NC |
Kimberly Parker Truesdale, PhD | Director, Behavioral Assessment Services | (919) 966-2327 | Kim_Truesdale@unc.edu | Chapel Hill, NC |
Saroja Voruganti, PhD | Director, Clinical Assessment Services | (704) 250-5009 | saroja@unc.edu | Kannapolis, NC |
Clinical Assessment Services | 500 Laureate Way |
Monday - Friday, 8am-4pm and by appointment | Kannapolis, NC 28031 |
Behavioral Assessment Services | 2219 McGavran Greenberg Hall |
Monday - Friday, 9am - 9pm EST | Chapel Hill, NC 27516 |
Sunday, 1pm-6pm EST |
Name | Role | Phone | Location | |
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Ashley Irwin |
Managing Director, NORC
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(919) 843-8423
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ashleyki@live.unc.edu
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Chapel Hill, NC
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Kimberly Parker Truesdale, PhD |
Director, Behavioral Assessment
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(919) 966-2327
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Kim_Truesdale@unc.edu
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Chapel Hill, NC
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Saroja Voruganti, PhD |
Director, Clinical Assessment
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(704) 250-5009
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saroja@unc.edu
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Kannapolis, NC
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Deborah Tate, PhD |
Director, Intervention
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(919) 966-7546
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dtate@unc.edu
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Chapel Hill, NC
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Price List |
► Behavioral Assessment (15) | |||
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Parent-Child 24-hr diet recall dyads (NDSR & ASA24) (per dyad) | Inquire | ||
Diet Grant Development & Consultation per Hour |
In-person or online meeting with Core Director and Manager to including discussion of methods, sample size, detailed project special considerations, and budget development. Diet consultations commonly cover overall project needs, research goals, and literature based best practices, including suggestions for novel approaches. |
Inquire | |
Physical Activity Grant Development & Consultation per Hour |
In-person or online meeting with Core Director, Physical Activity Expert, and Manager to including discussion of methods, sample size, detailed project special considerations, and budget development. Physical Activity consultations commonly cover overall project needs, research goals, and literature based best practices, including suggestions for novel approaches. |
Inquire | |
Project Oversight and Administration per Hour |
The Core will provide assistance with all parts of projects as needed, on a daily basis. This will include but is not limited to: training study coordinators to use tracking databases, updating tracking databases according to study coordinator comments, monitoring data load of project, securely storing all data files, as well as communicating any participant issues encountered back to study site. |
External
$64.00
/hr
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Diet Assessment Training (NDSR) per Hour |
The Core provides Nutrition Data System for Research (NDSR) onsite training for investigators that wish to have research staff trained to use the database. The training covers all aspects of the database, from project organization and data collection, to advanced data analysis and data cleaning. The Core provides all materials necessary for training and provides opportunities for trainees to follow up with the Core as data collection begins at their respective research sites. |
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Diet Assessment Training (ASA24) per Hour |
Training for investigators that wish to have research staff trained to use the ASA24. The training covers all aspects of the database, from project organization and data collection, to data analysis and data cleaning. The Core provides all materials necessary for training and provides opportunities for trainees to follow up with the Core as data collection begins at their respective research sites. |
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Diet Assessment Training (Food Frequency Questionnaire) per Hour |
Training for investigators that wish to have research staff trained to administer Food Frequency Questionnaires to study participants. The training covers all aspects of interviewer administration including assistance with modifying consumption reported to align with questionnaire, administration frequently encountered issues, and questionnaire completion quality checks. |
Inquire | |
Physical Activity Training per Hour |
Training for investigators that wish to have research staff training to direct study participants on the use of physical activity instruments in including: interviewer administration, use of accelerometry or activity trackers, advice on techniques to increase adherence, and opportunities for project support once data collection begins. |
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Questionnaire & Database Development per Hour |
The Core has the ability to create customized databases and food frequency questionnaires for diet assessment, available for use by researchers per request. This process includes the development of specialized questionnaires, the creation of food composition database to accompany questionnaire, as well as the time necessary to write statistical programming that must accompany data to create meaningful results. |
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24-Hour Diet Recalls (NDSR & ASA24) per Recall |
The Core collects data in the form of 24-hour recalls for both internal and external clients. A 24-hour recall is an in-depth interview that collects detailed information on all foods and beverages consumed by a participant during the previous 24 hours. NDSR is a Windows-based dietary analysis program designed to collect and analyze 24-hour dietary recalls, food records, menus, and recipes. The Automated Self-Administered 24-hour (ASA24) Dietary Assessment Tool is a web-based tool that enables multiple, automatically coded, self-administered 24-hour recalls and/or single or multi-day food records, also known as food diaries. |
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Diet Data Cleaning (NDSR & ASA24) per Recall |
The Core reviews and cleans data in the form of 24-hour dietary recalls for both internal and external clients. |
Inquire | |
Physical Activity Recall (Short) per Recall |
The Core collects physical data in the form of recalls for both internal and external clients as a supplement to the 24-Hour Diet Recall (NDSR & ASA24) service. The Core collects data in the form of 24-hour recalls. A recall is an in-depth interview that collects detailed information on all physical activity performed by a participant over a specific time frame. The time associated with each recall includes staff time for set-up, documentation, actual interview time, quality assurance (data checks for completion and accuracy), analysis of data output files, and time spent to generate datasets for investigators/clients along with documentation. The short form of this service includes up to 8 physical activity questions. |
Inquire | |
Physical Activity Recall (Long) per Recall |
The Core collects physical data in the form of recalls for both internal and external clients as a supplement to the 24-Hour Diet Recall (NDSR & ASA24) service. The Core collects data in the form of 24-hour recalls. A recall is an in-depth interview that collects detailed information on all physical activity performed by a participant over a specific time frame. The time associated with each recall includes staff time for set-up, documentation, actual interview time, quality assurance (data checks for completion and accuracy), analysis of data output files, and time spent to generate datasets for investigators/clients along with documentation. The long form of this service includes more than 8 physical activity questions. |
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Food Record Entry (NDSR) per Record/Day |
Retroactive data entry into Nutrition Data System for Research of food records recorded by study participants. The data entry includes project organization, data entry, as well as review and quality assurance checks of all entered data. |
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Physical Activity Data Processing (Accelerometry) (per Accel day) |
Accelerometry is the preferred method of measuring physical activity among free-living physical activity individuals. The Core provides assistance with quality assurance checks on the data, prepares data, and processes output files. |
Inquire | |
► Clinical Assessment (19) | |||
Name | Description | Price | |
Phlebotomy Services (Clinical) per Blood Draw |
Blood drawing in a clinical setting with a phlebotomist. Maximum of 10 tubes collected. |
Inquire | |
Basic Processing (Clinical) per Sample |
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Inquire | |
Urine Pregnancy Test (Clinical) per Test |
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Inquire | |
Urine Dipstick Test (Clinical) per Test |
Urinalysis dipstick for color, clarity, and 10 parameters including leukocytes, nitrites, urobilirubin, blood, protein, Ph, specific gravity, ketones, bilirubin, and glucose. |
Inquire | |
Clinical Consultation (Consultation) per Hour |
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Inquire | |
Kitchen Consultation (Consultation) per Hour | Inquire | ||
Kitchen Usage (Consultation) per Hour |
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Inquire | |
Fibroscan (Body Composition/Imaging) per Scan |
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Inquire | |
Whole Room Indirect Calorimeter (Body Composition/Imaging) per Day |
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Inquire | |
DXA (Body Composition/Imaging) per Scan |
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Inquire | |
Metabolic Cart (Exercise Test) per Assessment |
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Inquire | |
Consultation (Consultation) Per Hour |
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Inquire | |
Nutrition Assessment (Consultation) per Hour |
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Inquire | |
Ultrasound (Body Composition/Imaging) per Scan |
An imaging method that uses high-frequency sound waves to produce pictures of structures within the body. |
Inquire | |
Diet Design (Consultation) per Hour |
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Inquire | |
Metabolic Research Kitchen Meal Prep (Consultation) |
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Inquire | |
BodPod (Body Composition/Imaging) per Scan |
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Inquire | |
Advanced Sample Handling & Aliquoting (Clinical) per Sample per Hour |
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Inquire | |
PeaPod (Body Composition/Imaging) per Scan |
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Inquire |