Specialized Research Nutrition Staff

A Bionutritionist (Registered Dietitian) and a full-time Diet Technician provide nutrition services Monday thru Friday, 7AM - 6PM and on weekends and holidays as needed. The CTRC Bionutritionist is available to investigators for consultation during protocol development. After implementation of the protocol, services include instruction on the nutritional aspects of the study to the research subject and if required, patient education on the therapeutic advantages of nutrition as related to their specific disease. The nutrition staff is devoted to the successful management of the nutrition aspect/focus of the protocol. The dietary services are not just for the investigators who utilize the MUH-CTRC but are also available to the investigators at the other CTRC facilities. Arrangements will be made to deliver the diets to those locations as needed. In addition, the dietary staff has also provided research meals prepared for "at home" studies that have lasted up to six weeks.

Services provided are:

• Control of Micro and Macro Nutrients via:

  Metabolic balance diet
  Constant diet
  Controlled nutrient diet
  Estimated diet
  Formula diet
  Control of Timing for Meal Service

Provision of Meals for Outpatient and Off and On-site Consumption:

• Direct Nutritional Assessments
• Anthropometric measurements
• Bioelectric impedance assays
• Indirect calorimetry
• Indirect Nutritional Assessments
• Observed monitoring of intake
• 24 hour recall
• Food record analysis
• Nutrition Software Program
  

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There is a state-of-the-art metabolic kitchen located in the new MUH-CTRC located on 6NE Montefiore Hospital. The dieticians office is also located within the facility. You may contact the dietary kitchen by calling 412-692-2833.

They are also skilled in...

• Precise timing of drug administration and blood collection
• Protocol conduct and management
• Venipuncture techniques: phlebotomy and intravenous catheters
• Caring for cancer patients including cytotoxic agent administration and symptom management. Oncology certified nurses are on the staff.
• Performing complex endocrine diagnostic procedures
• Preparation of specimens including use of the centrifuge and aliquot of specimens
• Storage and packing of specimens
• Acute and emergency care with full support of UPMC Code Team
• Primary Nursing Model to enhance patient continuity: Same staff manages inpatients and outpatients

The Montefiore Clinical & Translational Research Center (MUH-CTRC) is located on the 6th floor of Montefiore University Hospital in a new state-of-the-art facility. Infrastructure support to investigators includes facilities, equipment and personnel for conducting clinical research.

The MUH-CTRC facility is comprised of 5 inpatient private rooms, 3 outpatient private rooms, an outpatient suite that includes 3 beds and 3 treatment chairs, 6 outpatient examination rooms, a metabolic kitchen, a DEXA scanner, a bariatric bed, and a sample-processing laboratory. Personnel include specialized research nurses, a bionutritionist, and support staff, all of whom have completed the University's on-line training required of individuals engaging in human subject research.