Louisiana Center for Personalized Nutrition
Official title: The Louisiana Clinical Center of Nutrition for Precision Health (LA-NPH)
Funded at Lsu Pennington Biomedical Research Ctr · NIH-11248349 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This project uses personal health data like genes, metabolism, gut microbes, and daily habits plus machine learning to create diet plans aimed at improving heart and metabolic health.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Lsu Pennington Biomedical Research Ctr NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Baton Rouge, United States) |
| Project start | December 10, 2021 |
| Project end | November 30, 2026 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $1,977,061 |
| NIH project number | 5UG1HD107696-05 |
| Project ID | NIH-11248349 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Ideal candidates are adults in the Baton Rouge or New Orleans area who are enrolled in the All of Us Research Program and who have or are at risk for cardiometabolic disease.
✕Less likely to help
People who live outside the local recruitment area, are not enrolled in All of Us, or are seeking immediate medical treatment rather than research participation are unlikely to receive direct benefit from joining.
What this research studies
You would be invited as an All of Us participant in Louisiana to join a 10-day, prospective, observational module where staff collect information such as blood samples, microbiome (stool) data, diet and activity logs, and other health measures. The center will combine these measurements with behavior and environmental data to feed machine learning models that aim to predict how different people respond to specific diets. About 900 local participants will take part in the initial 10-day module, and a smaller group (about 145 people who meet eligibility rules) may be invited to later modules for additional testing or interventions. The goal is to build a large, diverse database to support personalized nutrition recommendations for cardiometabolic health.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could lead to personalized diet recommendations that better prevent or manage diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other cardiometabolic conditions.
How similar studies have gone: Early precision-nutrition studies show promise for predicting diet responses, but large, diverse clinical efforts like this are relatively new and still being validated.
Where this research is happening
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Lsu Pennington Biomedical Research Ctr
Baton Rouge, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Ravussin, Eric — Lsu Pennington Biomedical Research Ctr
- Study coordinator: Ravussin, Eric
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About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.