UNC Weight Research Program
Corporate Office
Why pick this one
UNC Weight Research conducts randomized controlled trials and currently studies 12-month digital weight management for cancer survivors ages 18-39.
Best for
- Adolescent and young adult cancer survivors ages 18-39 seeking participation in a digital weight management study
- Young adults interested in smartphone-based weight loss and physical activity research
- Researchers or clinicians interested in behavioral obesity interventions and digital health tools
- Registered dietitians seeking evidence-based weight management counseling training
Look elsewhere if
- Immediate clinical weight-loss treatment outside a research study
- Emergency or urgent healthcare needs
- General corporate office services
- A currently enrolling study for people outside the published eligibility criteria
Specialties
- behavioral weight management research
- weight gain prevention and weight loss interventions
- digital and mobile health interventions
- weight management studies for adolescent and young adult cancer survivors
- randomized controlled trials
Certifications
- UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health affiliation
- UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center affiliation
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
What makes them different
- Conducts randomized controlled trials focused on obesity treatment and weight gain prevention
- Uses smartphone apps, digital scales, activity trackers, and personalized messages in weight-management studies
- Currently recruits adolescent and young adult cancer survivors ages 18-39 for a 12-month AYA WELL study
- Faculty research includes mobile interventions, just-in-time adaptive interventions, reinforcement learning, and artificial intelligence
- Offers evidence-based weight management counseling training for practicing registered dietitians
- Serves
- Chapel Hill
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Contact & Location
- Address
- 1700 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Ste 136, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
- Phone
- (919) 966-5852
- Website
- http://uncweightresearch.org
- weightresearch@unc.edu
Services
- clinical and behavioral research studies
- digital health intervention development and evaluation
- weight management training for registered dietitians
- future study registry enrollment