Inside the Maternal and Child Nutrition and Development Laboratory

The clinical trial area is approximately 3300 sq ft and includes 7 large areas for testing infant development, 8 staff and student offices, storage areas for study records and supplies, rooms for assessing visual electrophysiology and evoked response potentials, a room for anthropometric and physiological assessment, conference and family rooms, and several interview rooms. The clinical trial area is supported by the Nutritional Sciences Analytical Lab located in Wescoe. That lab is shared by several Dietetics and Nutrition Department faculty and is the location for studies of biochemical nutritional status of subjects in clinical trials as well as research using cell and animal models to study nutritional requirements.

The Behavioral Testing Room: This is where children between 10 months and 18 months old are tested for memory & distractibility.

The Conference Room: Where staff meetings are held.

Follow-up Room: This is where children 2 years and older are tested for developmental and cognitive outcomes.

Anthropometric and Physiological Assessment: This is where we measure weight, length, head circumference on all research subjects and Blood Pressure on children 4 years and older.

Visual Electrophysiology Assessment: This is where subjects 6 weeks old through 18 months are tested for visual acuity.

Family Room: Area for research subjects and their siblings to play before testing begins. We also offer privacy for study moms to nurse their infants.