Personalized nutrition to improve blood sugar and overall health
California Partnership for Personalized Nutrition
This project combines genetics, gut microbes, wearable and lifestyle data to create personalized diet advice for adults with type 2 diabetes or prediabetes.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of California at Davis NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Davis, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11233153 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
You would share health information, wearables, and biosamples and eat a standardized test meal so the team can measure blood sugar and other metabolic responses. The team will combine your genetics, gut microbiome, behavior, and environment data with large datasets (including the All of Us Research Program) and use AI and big-data tools to find patterns. They will compare how different people and groups respond to the same foods to identify which factors drive those differences. The results are intended to inform personalized meal guidance and population health strategies that better match people's biology and lifestyles.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal candidates are adults with type 2 diabetes or prediabetes, or people at elevated risk who are willing to provide health data and biosamples.
Not a fit: People without diabetes risk, those unwilling to provide data or samples, or patients with rare metabolic disorders not covered by the study may not receive direct benefit.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this work could lead to tailored dietary guidance that helps people control blood sugar and reduce complications from diabetes.
How similar studies have performed: Some prior research has shown that personalized diet recommendations based on microbiome and metabolic responses can predict blood sugar reactions, but larger and more diverse trials are still needed.
Where this research is happening
Davis, United States
- University of California at Davis — Davis, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Adams, Sean Harrison — University of California at Davis
- Study coordinator: Adams, Sean Harrison
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 below.