PROJECT SUMMARY
The All of Us New England Clinical Center (AoU-NE-CC) is a collaboration of New England–based research
teams with the necessary expertise and resources in nutrition and clinical translational science to implement
successfully all 3 modules of the NIH Common Fund’s Nutrition for Precision Health (NPH) Clinical Center
program. The Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (Tufts-
HNRCA) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) will lead the AoU-NE-CC and partner with All of Us New
England to ensure the diversity of participants and scientific rigor required to identify inter-individual variability
of response to dietary patterns. The AoU-NE-CC is committed to All of Us core values and has implemented
best practices of team science throughout its development. The AoU-NE-CC will serve as a key partner in the
development of a rigorous NPH common protocol and examine habitual dietary intake (Module 1), measure
physiological responses to a mixed-meal challenge (Modules 1-3), and identify responses to 3 intervention
diets in both free-living (Module 2) and domiciled (Module 3) controlled feeding conditions. Coupled with
standard All of Us data, the physiological responses collected through these modules will be used to develop
predictive algorithms that inform precision nutrition approaches for long-term health. To attain maximum
metabolic and microbiome response variability, we propose the following 14-day isocaloric diets for Modules 2
and 3, separated by 4-week washout periods: (1) a high-adherence Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension
(DASH) diet; (2) a low-adherence DASH diet; and (3) a ketogenic diet. We also propose the use of the
thoroughly tested mixed-meal challenge PhenFlex, which can be standardized across clinical centers to
provide a multisystem assessment of metabolic flexibility. With its outstanding core facilities, including
metabolic kitchens and domiciled feeding and nursing centers, as well as a rich legacy of conducting rigorous
feeding studies, the AoU-NE-CC is uniquely skilled and positioned to serve as a clinical center for the NPH.
Additional strengths of the AoU-NE-CC include extensive experience in recruiting clinical populations and
biobanking, engaging volunteers through community outreach, active participation in global precision nutrition
initiatives, and an outstanding track record of productive multisite collaborations in nutrition, omics, and
precision health. Importantly, the Tufts-HNRCA and MGH teams are closely aligned with the All of Us New
England team and its record of high participant recruitment and retention and its diverse cohort, which will
support the NPH consortium goals. By partnering with NPH and All of Us in this novel modular discovery
science study, the AoU-NE-CC and its experienced, forward-thinking, highly collaborative team will contribute
to the development of precision nutrition approaches that support optimal health across the adult lifespan.
Public Health Relevance Statement
PROJECT NARRATIVE
The New England–based clinical center will implement the NIH Common Fund’s Nutrition for Precision Health
initiative, powered by the NIH All of Us Research Program. The clinical center has the capacity and expertise
to fulfill the initiative’s objective of obtaining critical information on dietary, microbiome, physiological,
metabolic, behavioral, cognitive, environmental, and contextual factors that are expected to contribute to inter-
individual variability in responses to foods. These data will be integrated with All of Us–collected genomic,
electronic health, and survey data to develop predictive algorithms to inform precision nutrition strategies, with
a goal of supporting optimal health for individuals throughout the lifespan and retooling public health initiatives
for reducing the risk of chronic disease.
NIH Spending Category
No NIH Spending Category available.
Project Terms
AddressAdherenceAdultAdverse eventAgingAlgorithmsAll of Us Research ProgramBehavioralChronic DiseaseClinicalCognitiveCollaborationsCommunity OutreachCommunity ParticipationCore FacilityCoupledCross-Over StudiesDASH dietDataDevelopmentDietDietary FormulationsDietary InterventionDietary PracticesDietary intakeDiscipline of NursingDomicilesEnrollmentEnsureEnvironmental Risk FactorFoodFormulationFundingGeneral HospitalsGenomicsGoalsHealthHumanIndividualIndividual DifferencesInpatientsLongevityMassachusettsMeasuresMetabolicMetagenomicsMethodsModelingMovementNew EnglandNon-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes MellitusNutritional StudyOralOutcomeOutcome AssessmentParticipantPatient RecruitmentsPhasePhysiologicalPopulationPositioning AttributePrecision HealthProductivityProtocols documentationPublic HealthRandomizedRecommendationRecordsResearchResourcesRisk ReductionScienceSiteStandardizationSurveysSystemTestingThinkingTranslational ResearchUnited States Department of AgricultureUnited States National Institutes of HealthUniversitiesVariantVisitalgorithm developmentbiobankclinical centerclinical research siteclinical translationcohortcontextual factorsdietarydietary adherencedietary controldoubly-labeled watereHealthexperiencefeedingflexibilityindividual responseindividual variationinter-individual variationketogenic dietmetabolomicsmicrobiomenew technologynon-compliancenovelnutritionparticipant retentionpersonalized approachpopulation basedprecision nutritionprediction algorithmprogramsrecruitresponseskillstoolvolunteer
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
CFDA Code
310
DUNS Number
039318308
UEI
C1F5LNUF7W86
Project Start Date
10-December-2021
Project End Date
30-November-2026
Budget Start Date
01-December-2023
Budget End Date
30-November-2024
Project Funding Information for 2024
Total Funding
$2,475,248
Direct Costs
$2,526,560
Indirect Costs
$363,309
Year
Funding IC
FY Total Cost by IC
2024
NIH Office of the Director
$2,475,248
Year
Funding IC
FY Total Cost by IC
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