Personalized nutrition tools using mobile and image-based methods
Official title: Traditional and New Dietary Assessment Methods (TANDAM) for Personalized Nutrition
Funded at University of Hawaii at Manoa · NIH-11564279 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This grant supports creating and validating mobile and image-based dietary tools to better connect dietary data with cancer and chronic disease outcomes for people across diverse populations.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of Hawaii at Manoa NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Honolulu, United States) |
| Project start | January 12, 2022 |
| Project end | December 31, 2026 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $2,186,823 |
| NIH project number | 3U24CA268228-05S1 |
| Project ID | NIH-11564279 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Ideal candidates are adults who are interested in tracking their diet and contributing data to improve dietary assessment methods, including diverse populations underrepresented in nutrition research.
✕Less likely to help
If you do not use or have access to a smartphone or image-based tools, you may not benefit from the new methods being developed.
What this research studies
People living with or at risk for obesity and cancer could benefit from more accurate, user-friendly ways to track what they eat. The project brings together nutrition scientists, engineers, dietitians, and biostatisticians to develop and validate mobile food recording and image-analysis tools. These tools aim to reduce errors in dietary data without burdening participants, using apps like mobile food records and other smartphone technologies. The work involves multiple validated approaches and seeks to provide reliable data to inform dietary policies and interventions.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, you could have access to more accurate and convenient ways to track dietary intake, which may improve personalized nutrition guidance and inform policies to reduce chronic disease risk.
How similar studies have gone: Earlier work with mobile dietary assessment and the ASA24 platform has shown promise, supporting the potential for further validated tools.
Where this research is happening
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University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Wilkens, Lynne R — University of Hawaii at Manoa
- Study coordinator: Wilkens, Lynne R
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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.