Research Chair
Carrie P Earthman, PhD RD
University of Minnesota,
Department of Food Science and Nutrition
DNS can help you get your research started or headed in a new direction! The grant is available to any DNS member - students (undergraduate or graduate), clinicians, or previously unfunded investigators.
My Personal Research interests:
* Clinical assessment of body composition(particularly body cell mass and fluid distribution) and energy expenditure
* Nutritional management after gastric bypass surgery
* Obesity and metabolic syndrome
I have been a DNS member since 1990, and a reviewer for Support Line since 1999. I am pleased and honored to be part of the Dietitians in Nutrition Support, and I look forward to serving you in any way I can as the new DNS Research Committee Chair!
Carrie
Here's Your Chance To Fund Your Research Project!
Many DNS members tell us they have fantastic research questions but no funding to see their question through to publication.
DNS has a $10,000 research grant available for members. The application process is easy! Here's what you have to do:
- Be a DNS member
- Develop your application packet (documents are attached here for easy downloading)
- Successfully compete in a peer-review process
The deadline for receipt of applications for the DNS Research Award has been extended to Friday, May 14, 2010!
Deadline for DNS Member Research Award Rapidly Approaching: April 1, 2010
Do you need FUNDING for a great research question?
DNS has a $10,000 grant for which you qualify if you: 1) are a DNS member; 2) develop a great application packet using the forms posted on www.dnsdpg.org; and 3) compete successfully in a peer-review process with other applicants.
In order to be considered for this grant opportunity, please submit your application documents electronically in PDF format by sending an e-mail with attachments to Beth Labrador at the ADA Foundation: NO LATER THAN 5 PM CST on April 1, 2010.
Energy Deficit in the Intensive Care Unit
Singer P, Pichard C, Heidgegger CP, Wernerman J. Considering energy deficit in the intensive care unit. Curr Opin Nutr Metab Care. 2010; 13(2):170-176.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW:A discrepancy has emerged between experts' recommendations on how to feed ICU patients according to their requirements using parenteral nutrition, if enteral nutirtion is not reaching the target. This review describes the differences in the recent guidelines issued by the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) and the European Society of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) regarding these aspects.
Metabolic Support of Obese ICU Patients
Port AM Apovian C. Metabolic support of the obese intensive care unit patient: A current perspective. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2010; 13(2):184-91.
DNS Member Research Award - Application Deadline Announced!
DNS Research Award - Application Due April 1, 2010
- Do you have a great research question?
- Are you looking for funding for your research?
If you answered yes to both of these questions, keep reading!
DNS awards $10,000 in a research grant to DNS members selected by the DNS research committee through a peer-review process.
Applications must be submitted as pdf files NO LATER THAN 5 pm CST on April 1, 2010.
Click here for more information as well as all application materials.