Core F: Nutrition, Metabolism and Gl CoreThe Nutrition, Metabolism, and Gl Core promotes research on the impact of nutritional status on HIV, themetabolic effects of HIV infection and treatment, and the role of gastrointestinal function in HIV disease.
The aims of this Core are to provide expertise in nutritional assessment (dietary intake, body compositionmeasurements), metabolism (insulin resistance, lipid profiles), gastrointestinal function (stool and absorptivestudies) and expertise for the HIV research and patient community. The role of the Core has continued toexpand as investigators explore new aspects of HIV-related disease, including: nutrient databases forinternational studies, training in body composition and nutritional assessment, new analysis methods forcomplex dietary data, depression screening, neurocognitive function, serum micronutrients, assessment ofbone density and renal function, measures of oxidative stress, and pharmacokinetics of intestinal andhepatic drug metabolism. The Nutrition/Infection Unit, which houses the Nutrition, Metabolism, and Gl Core,maintains a large database and serum bank with nutritional, metabolic, and gastrointestinal measures in over800 persons with HIV disease. This resource provides CFAR investigators with the opportunity to dodetailed studies in areas of HIV nutrition. The Core continues to attract and train new investigators tonutritional research in HIV in the Tufts-Brown community, nationally, and through international collaborations.The Core continues to disseminate information on nutritional and metabolic aspects of HIV througheducational activities in the HIV community, publications, and national meetings.PERFORMANCE SITE(S) (organization, city, state)Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MAPHS 398 (Rev. 04/06) Page 257 Form Page 2
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