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Physical
Facilities, Future Plans
and Funding Opportunities
The
Center for Human Nutrition is housed in more than 7,000 square feet of
space in the Warren Hall Laboratory for Biomedical and Environmental Sciences
at the southwest end of the UCLA campus (see attached floor plan). The
location is on Veteran Avenue between Wilshire and Sunset Boulevards and
near the 405 Freeway; it has ample parking in a highly accessible and
attractive tree-lined site.
The
Center for Human Nutrition already has garnered support for an auditorium
and conference facility that has been named the S. Daniel Abraham Pavilion,
and for the new 940-square-foot, state-of-the-art A. Scott Connelly
Laboratory for Nutritional Sciences. The latter is equipped for the
measurement of hormones, fatty acids, phytochemicals, and other nutrients
critical to nutrition’s influence on chronic diseases and aging. Other
named units are as follows:
- The
Pharmanex Phytochemical Laboratory was designed for the pursuit
of phytotechnology, the study of plant chemicals’ impact on disease.
- The
Dennis A. Tito Gene-Nutrient Interaction Laboratory promotes
research of gene-nutrient interactions relevant to cancer and other
chronic diseases.
- The
Information Center and Digital Library is intended to meet the
needs for a database as well as an authoritative source of health-related
nutrition information which is critical to the development and application
of functional foods, such as soy protein isolate.
- There
is an Exercise Facility, and a Nutrition Demonstration Center
and Test Kitchen is close to completion. The public can attend talks
in the auditorium, exercise and determine their levels of fitness in
the exercise laboratory, and taste and learn to cook healthy meals in
the kitchen. There are also units for body composition analysis and
strength testing, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities
for supervised clinical trials of dietary supplements and drugs.
Future
Plans and Funding Opportunities
The
UCLA Center for Human Nutrition intends to develop faculty and administrative
support as well as its physical facility. The levels for each are described
below.
Corridor
of Research Laboratories $2 million
The
combined laboratories of the Center span the scientific fields of nutritional
biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, clinical research, and body
composition. Support of a corridor of laboratories will unite these
fields and thus promote the development of new technologies to advance
nutrition and disease prevention research.
Endowed
Chair $1.5 million
Endowed
chairs are used to recognize outstanding faculty, recruit additional
talented scholars, and/or provide administrative support that frees
the faculty member to devote increased efforts to the creative processes
of research, teaching, and patient care.
Endowed
Research Fund $750,000
The
establishment of an endowment will help secure the future of nutritional
sciences and ensure that research in the area of human nutrition progresses
uninterrupted. Such a financial resource will support the priorities
of the Center, providing critical money for the activities of some of
its brightest and most promising scientists and clinicians.
Endowed
Research Fellowship $500,000
Under
the guidance of a faculty mentor in the Center, a highly accomplished
fellow will conduct investigations and receive laboratory experience,
both of which are coordinated with his/her clinical activities. Such
an investment in future academic leadership will multiply the benefits
many times over, as highly gifted students will learn from the most
distinguished professors in the Center.
Research
Laboratory $500,000
This
valuable research space is dedicated to the exploration of a multitude
of human nutrition issues, which will lead to advances in the field.
A number of special naming opportunities is available.
The
Center for Human Nutrition also seeks relationships with industry, where
the research expertise and creative talent at UCLA may apply new and innovative
directions of nutritional sciences to the development of foods and food-related
products. These arrangements are negotiated through the UCLA Office of
Sponsored Research.
Further
information is available on any of the above programs from the Director
of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition, Dr. David Heber, by calling 310-206-1987
(Fax 310-206-5264). Your inquiries are most welcome.
Introduction
and Rationale
Vision and Objectives
Organization,
Programs, and Leadership
Physical Facilities, Future Plans, and Funding Opportunites
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