Affiliated Centers
Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
The Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University occupies a fourteen-story building constructed in 1982 and is located on the Health Sciences campus of Tufts University. The Center is operated by Tufts University through a cooperative agreement with the Agricultural Research Service of USDA. The overall mandate of the HNRCA is to explore the relationship of nutrition to the aging process and to investigate the many age-related physiologic changes that can affect the dietary requirements of older adults. HNRCA scientists use cell, molecular biology, animal, and stable isotope methodologies, and human metabolic and field studies in order (1) to better understand the processes of nutrient utilization and metabolism and (2) to determine how diet interacts with genetic and environmental factors in order to promote health and vigor over the life span.
The Tufts Medical Center
Nutrition resources at the Tufts Medical Center (TMC) include both adult and pediatric clinical programs for hospitalized and ambulatory patients, as well as the Frances Stern Nutrition Center. TMC is the major clinical unit affiliated with the Tufts University School of Medicine. TMC has established a national and international reputation for research, teaching, patient care and graduate and post-graduate education.
The Boston Obesity/Nutrition Research Center
The Boston Obesity Nutrition Research Center is a NIDDK-funded center for obesity and nutrition research. The center was established in 1992 and represents a collaborative program between the New England Medical Center, the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Harvard School of Public Health, and the Boston University School of Medicine. The principal themes of the Boston Obesity Nutrition Research Center include the natural history of obesity; energy metabolism in obese, ill, and healthy subjects; and education and training in obesity.
The Frances Stern Nutrition Center
A subunit in the Division of Endocrinology of the Department of Medicine at TMC, the Frances Stern Nutrition Center is responsible for ambulatory nutrition services at TMC, a satellite nutrition education and resource center at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and several research grants and contracts involving clinical nutrition or nutrition education and information.