University of Colorado at Boulder - Clinical Translational Research Center
BIONUTRITION DEPARTMENT
Kathleen Farrell, MS, RD
Kathleen.Farrell@Colorado.Edu
Kathleen Farrell is a registered dietitian, certified health fitness instructor and has a Masters degree in
exercise physiology. Kathleen received her B.S. in dietetics from the College of St. Teresa’s in Winona,
MN, completed her dietetic internship at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, OH and got her Masters
from the University of Illinois-Urbana. She has 30 years of experience as a dietitian (community, clinical,
education, research and sports nutrition). In the research area, Kathleen worked as a research associate
at the University of Illinois Body Composition Laboratory where she oversaw several body composition
studies and provided nutrition support. As a dietitian, Kathleen has worked in both a community (WIC –
Rapid City, SD) and clinical (Cardiac – Cheyenne, WY) setting as a dietitian and additionally, as a
dietitian-exercise physiologist in a Sports Medicine clinic (Urbana - Champaign, IL). She has also had the
opportunity to teach at the University level, University of Illinois and University of Northern Colorado,
Greeley, and University of Colorado-Boulder. Kathleen’s areas of interest are regional fat distribution in
relationship to chronic diseases and sports nutrition.
Services
The Bionutrition Department provides the following services to the CTRC investigators and others in the
CU-Boulder clinical research community.
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Meet with investigators during the development and implementation of their protocols and the
need for nutrition core support services (Dietary Protocol).
Assist with protocol flow sheet development (Protocol Checklist).
Interview participants to obtain detailed information on their dietary intake (Nutrition
Assessment Form, Dietary Record, FFQ, 24 Hour Recall and Research Diet).
Provide participants with dietary instructions prior to certain measurements and/or next visit
(Participant’s Letter).
Interview participants for their food preferences that will be used in promoting compliance with a
planned research diet (Food Preferences).
Calculate energy, electrolyte and other dietary needs for participants' meals (Research Diet).
Provide post-experiment food for participants studied under fasting conditions prior to leaving the
unit (Post-Meal Menu).
Provide dietary counseling and education for protocols involving nutrition interventions (Low
Sodium Handout).
Screen subject's nutritional status for risk factors.
Provide nutrition education and training for CTRC investigators, staff, clinical research trainees
and dietetic interns.
Our metabolic kitchen is available through University Memorial Center (UMC) at the University of
Colorado - Boulder. Robin Margolin, Associate Director UMC Food Service, and her staff are
responsible for the development and testing of new foods and recipes for research diets and for
research projects to develop new approaches to therapeutic diets
(http://www.colorado.edu/umc/).
Please feel free to contact Kathleen Farrell, Research Bionutritionist at (303.735.2125), for
assistance in determining the appropriate diet and nutrition parameters for your study.
Recommendations will be made based on current nutrition research methods and established
metabolic requirements for the participants participating in the protocol.