# Energy Balance Assessment Core

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · 2020 · $233,250

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT - ENERGY BALANCE ASSESSMENT CORE
The Energy Balance Assessment (EBA) Core has been an integral component of the University of Colorado
NORC since 1997. The EBA Core provides support for the measurement of components of energy balance
(e.g., energy expenditure and intake) and for the assessment of consequences of alterations in energy balance
(e.g., body composition, substrate oxidation). The Overarching Aim of the EBAC is to provide expertise and
support for obesity- and nutrition-related translational and transdisciplinary research for NORC investigators at
CU-AMC and its affiliates. Services of the EBAC have been and will continue to be essential for many NORC
investigators. Over the past 4 years (current award period), the EBA Core supported 168 research protocols
(up from 110 at the last competing renewal) and 97 principal investigators (up from 67); 58 protocols were
active at the time the competing renewal application was prepared. Of the 168 protocols that utilized EBA Core
services, 100 were supported by NIH awards and 41 were supported by NIDDK awards. The consolidation of
the instruments and techniques used by multiple investigators in the EBA Core enhances a) cost effectiveness,
by reducing the need to duplicate expensive instrumentation and specialized staffing, b) safety for both staff
and research participants, by overseeing the training required to safely operate instruments and conduct
procedures, and c) data quality, by conducting regular maintenance and standardized calibration and quality
assurance procedures. Specific Aims for the next period of award are to: 1) provide consultation on
experimental design, procedures, and data interpretation for energy balance-related research, and access to
and assistance with the use of state-of-the-art instrumentation and approaches for measuring various aspects
of energy balance; 2) oversee the maintenance, calibration, quality assurance, and scheduling of
instrumentation and the training of personnel who utilize the instrumentation; 3) leverage resources and
coordinate activities with other institutional programs that provide services that support energy balance
research, including the inpatient and outpatient Clinical and Translational Research Centers (CTRC), the
Nutrition Core, and the Center for Comparative Medicine; and 4) expand services based on the needs of
NORC investigators. Since 1997, the EBA Core has enhanced nutrition- and obesity-related research by
overseeing the measurement of components of energy balance and body composition with a degree of
accuracy and quality control that would have been difficult and more expensive for individual investigators to
achieve on their own.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10046141
- **Project number:** 2P30DK048520-26
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER
- **Principal Investigator:** Wendy M Kohrt
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $233,250
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** — → —

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10046141

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10046141, Energy Balance Assessment Core (2P30DK048520-26). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-22 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10046141. Licensed CC0.

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