NIH Awards $170M for Precision Nutrition Study

NIH is awarding $170 million over five years, pending the availability of funds, to clinics and centers across the country for a new study that will develop algorithms to predict individual responses to food and dietary routines. The Nutrition for Precision Health powered by the All of Us Research Program (NPH) will recruit a diverse pool of 10,000 participants who are part of the NIH’s All of Us Research Program to inform more personalized nutrition recommendations.

The initiative includes 11 new awards and provides additional funds to three existing NIH All of Us Research Program awards. NPH is a NIH-wide effort managed by the NIH Common Fund and the first independent study to invite diverse participants from the All of Us program. Projects awarded to NIH IDeA jurisdictions include:

• University of HAWAI‘I at Manoa (PI: Carol J. Boushey), Traditional and New Dietary Assessment Methods (TANDAM) for Personalized Nutrition. Total Funding: $1,410,520.
• University of ALABAMA at Birmingham (PIs: James O. Hill, Barbara A. Gower), UAB Precision Nutrition Clinical Center. Total Funding: $557,698.
• LOUISIANA State University Penning Biomedical Research Center (PIs: Eric Ravussin, Clifton Bogardus, Leanne Maree Redman), LAAZ-NPH Clinical Center. Total Funding: $1,242,018.