# Nutrition Shared Resource

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · 2024 · $33,688

## Abstract

NUTRITION SHARED RESOURCE: ABSTRACT
The Nutrition Shared Resource (NSR) co-directed by Debra Sullivan, PhD, RD, and Jill Hamilton-Reeves,
PhD, RD, CSO, facilitates an important aspect of addressing the cancer risk factor of obesity as a priority area
for The University of Kansas Cancer Center (KUCC) by providing support for basic, clinical and population
health research evaluating the effects of nutrition on cancer therapies, cancer prevention and cancer
population health. The NSR offers quantitative measurements of dietary intake, physical activity, nutrition
status/malnutrition assessments, standardized diets, body composition, microbiome, and nutrition literacy.
NSR services also include design and implementation of interventions to adhere to specific diet or physical
activity goals. The NSR provides expertise in oncology nutrition, diet assessment, intervention design, energy
balance, body composition, gut microbiome, and nutrition literacy. The faculty and staff of the NSR oversee the
measurements and/or services as required for each study. NSR maintains licensed copies of the Nutrition Data
System for Research (NDS-R) and Nutrascreen for dietary intake assessments. The NSR maintains software
and instrumentation such as the sliceOmatic, DXA, Bod Pod, Tod Pod, and Pea Pod, and the Bodystat
Quadscan 4000 bioelectrical impedance analyzer to assess body composition across the lifespan or at the
bedside/clinic for cancer therapeutic trials. Handgrip dynamometers and skin carotenoid meters are other
instruments frequently used for nutrition assessments. Services are provided on-site at the KU Clinical
Research Center (CRC), Westwood and KU Hospital locations, as well as via outreach to Masonic Cancer
Alliance (MCA) partners, sites across the KUCC catchment area, and external NCI-designated cancer centers.
The NSR collaborates with communities throughout the catchment area using community screenings and
outreach with special emphasis in underserved and rural populations. The NSR was a key resource for KUCC
adapting obesity as a priority area. The NSR has grown from its inception in 2016 from a developing shared
resource to a full shared resource. During this development phase, NSR annual usage grew from zero to 30
KUCC members with a total of 61 distinct members across all programs. In the reporting year (2020), the
budget of the NSR is $959,579. The NSR has robust peer-supported funding with 83% of the budget supported
by other grants. The NSR trains and educates the next generation of oncology scientists and health care
professionals through collaborative research and outreach efforts with the MCA. The NSR regularly
incorporates trainees at all levels within projects and prioritizes support for early stage investigators.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10906358
- **Project number:** 5P30CA168524-13
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER
- **Principal Investigator:** Jill Reeves Hamilton-Reeves
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $33,688
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2012-07-11 → 2027-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10906358

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10906358, Nutrition Shared Resource (5P30CA168524-13). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10906358. Licensed CC0.

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