Institute for Food Safety and Health

Center for Nutrition Research

What We Do

The Center for Nutrition Research (CNR) conducts human nutrition and clinical studies to determine the health benefits of foods and food components in a variety of specialty areas.  We substantiate health claims through evidence-based science.

What You Get

Research related to

  • Clinical Trials
  • Pre-Clinical Trials
  • Obesity
  • Diabetes
  • Satiety
  • Claims Validation
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Attitudes and Behavior
  • Expertise in determining the health benefits of food and food components.
  • Cost effective test designs used in  pre-clinical and clinical studies.
  • Fully integrated analytical chemistry lab and pilot plant capabilities.
  • Practical data that aligns and validates food safety and nutrition goals.
  • Facilitated path-to-market strategy through early and ongoing regulatory interaction. 
  • Robust business models that support innovative product designs.
  • Reduced cost of innovation through industry, government and academic collaboration.
  • Facilitated path-to-market strategy through early and ongoing regulatory interaction.

How We Deliver

  • Multi-disciplinary approach to nutrition research.
  • Collaborative linkages with the FDA.
  • Internationally recognized scientists with standard and novel assessment methodologies.  
  • Reduced front-end costs through leveraged grant awards.
  • Industry driven consortiums that address market needs.

Learn how to become a clinical research subject, and about the ongoing human clinical trials conducted by the Center for Nutrition Research.

Key Staff Members and Contact Information

Britt Burton-Freeman, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Nutrition Research, Associate Professor, IIT
708.341.7078
bburton@iit.edu

Indika Edirisinghe, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Center for Nutrition Research; Associate Professor of Food Science, IIT
708.563.8178
iedirisi@iit.edu

Aman Sandhu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, IIT
708.563.8823
asandhu2@iit.edu