• Center for Human Nutrition Health & Wellness Website
• UT Southwestern Obesity Alliance - Weekly Conferences
• Obesity Outreach -Weekly conferences
• Center for Human Nutrition - Obesity Outreach in the Community - Resources and Programs
• Center's Publication Timeline

Research Collaborations:

• Nicola Abate, M.D.
  Research | Publications
• Manisha Chandalia, M.D.
  Research | Publications

Department of Clinical Science
This department functions as an academic, educational, and cultural home for clinical investigators across all departments and disciplines at UT Southwestern.  It is under the direction of Dr. Milton Packer.  Dr. Grundy is a member of this department and is the medical director of the Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC) (see below)

Center of Human Genetics
The CTRC (formally known as the General Clinical Research Center) provides a resource for the medical center’s faculty and carry out patient research in both inpatient and outpatient settings. The CTRC has a 13 bed metabolic unit and two outpatient clinics.  All of these units are staffed by CTRC personnel.  Dr. Grundy is the administrative head of all of these units.

Division of Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases
The Division of Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases is actively involved in clinical and basic research pertaining to the disorders of human nutrition and metabolism (such as obesity, other body fat disorders, diabetes and hyperlipidemias).  This division is headed by Dr. Abhimanyu Garg.

Taskforce for Obesity Research at UT Southwestern - TORS (NIH P20 Award)
This taskforce assembles the best investigators and technology at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas to focus on a major medical problem in the U.S.-obesity and the associated constellation of metabolic disorders referred to as the metabolic syndrome. 

UT Southwestern Donald W. Reynolds Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center
The Reynolds Clinical Research Center receives major funding from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation to study the causes and treatment of heart disease.  It supports the Dallas Heart Study. Center for Human Nutrition investigators play a key role in metabolic and genetic components of the Reynolds Center.  This center is headed by Dr. Helen Hobbs. 

UT Southwestern Nutrition Academic Award
The faculty of the Center are the recipients of a grant award from the National Institutes of Health to develop new ways to improve nutrition education in academic medical centers.  The Center for Human Nutrition joins 16 other medical schools in the United States to develop new approaches to nutrition education. The Center leads an effort to promote on-line learning through a network of websites among the 17 institutions..

American Heart Association
The American Heart Association’s NPAM council bring a new emphasis to the association in the fields of obesity, diabetes, nutrition, physical activity, and metabolic syndrome.  CHN director, Dr. Scott Grundy, is a past chair of NPAM.  Dr. Gloria Vega has been a member of the AHA’s Research Committee. 

Current Opinion in Lipidology
This journal summarizes important advances in the field of lipids. The Center’s director, Dr. Grundy is the current editor of the journal.

Dallas VA Medical Center
The VA Medical Center at Dallas (VAMCD) is a major site for clinical investigation for researchers at the Center for Human Nutrition. Much of the research published from the Center in the past 25 years has been carried out at the VAMCD.

Cooper Institute
Cooper Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventive medicine research that was founded in Dallas, TX by Dr. Kenneth Cooper in 1970.  The institute has over 600 peer-reviewed publications related to obesity, hypertension and diabetes, effects of  physical activity on morbidity and mortality.  The Cooper Institute has entered into a collaborative research program with UT Southwestern and the Center for Human Nutrition. 

International Atherosclerosis Society (IAS)
The IAS consists of 53 member organizations worldwide that promote research and education in the atherosclerosis field.  Dr. Grundy,center director, is past president of the IAS.  He is the current editor of the IAS Website. 

NHLBI National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP)
The National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes NCEP aims to promote education for the general public and the medical profession. about the cardiovascular risk associated with high blood cholesterol.  Several Center investigators have assisted NHLBI in the development of cholesterol guidelines.

Metabolic Syndrome Institute
Created in 2003, the Metabolic Syndrome Institute is an independent and not for profit association. Its members are international experts in lipid metabolism, diabetes, heart disease, endocrinology obesity, genetics, epidemiology, basic research and health economics.  Being the first association totally devoted to the dissemination of knowledge about the metabolic syndrome, the Metabolic Syndrome Institute will provide an international multidisciplinary approach to a worldwide public health problem.  Center researchers participate in the MSI and assist in the development of the MSI Website.