Resources

The objective of the DORI Clinical Services Core is to provide expert, convenient, and affordable obesity- and diabetes- related clinical services to investigators at the USC Diabetes & Obesity Research Institute (DORI) and external diabetes and obesity researchers.

The Clinical Services Core is supported by a full-time registered nurse and several part-time phlebotomists, and a full-time administrator to facilitate scheduling and billing. The clinical service core offers outpatient beds, equipment for body weight and body fat measurements, including DEXA, fasting blood draws, oral glucose tolerance testing, a blood processing room, and private rooms for behavioral testing and administration of questionnaires.

DORI Clinical Services Management

Center Manager – Christina Ayala, MPH
Phone: 323-442-2500
Email: trujillc@usc.edu

Faculty Director – Katie Page, MD
Phone: 323-442-2804
Email: kpage@usc.edu

The objective of the Metabolic Assay Core (MAC) is to provide assay services to investigators of the USC Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute (DORI), and non-USC DORI investigators. The MAC provides the measurement of hormones, cytokines, lipids and carbohydrates in both human and animal biologic fluids. Any other assays in mind, please let us know to discuss options.

Investigators will pay a fee-for-service that covers the cost of reagents, supplies, a percentage of personnel salary, and instrument usage. The measurement of assays will utilize modern instrumentation run by experienced assay technician(s) in a reliable, quality-controlled environment. Equipment used to perform assays includes a Bio Tek plate reader, YSI 2900D Biochemistry Analyzer, MagPix instrument using Luminex xMAP technology, and NanoDrop 2000.

Download MAC Assay Request Form

DORI Assay Core Management

Lab Manager – Lilit Baronikian, BS
Phone: 323-865-3379 or 818-642-4838
Email: yegiyant@med.usc.edu

Administrator – Christina Ayala, MPH
Phone: 323-442-2500
Email: trujillc@usc.edu

Faculty Director – Dr. Joyce Richey, PhD
Phone: 323-442-1939
Email: jrichey@usc.edu

The Nutrition and Metabolic Core offers access to state-of-the-art and high-quality phenotyping services for basic science studies in rodents that are focused on research in nutrition, cancer, obesity, diabetes, and metabolism.

Services
Body Composition (Echo-MRI NMR) • Indirect calorimetry • Locomotor activity • Food intake • Sample collection • Core body temperature • Consultation and training • Glucose and insulin tolerance

Download Non-CHLA Investigator Metabolic Core Registration

Please contact Core for fee structure

Contact

Director—Anna Kamitakahara, PhD
Assistant Professor of Research, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Email: akamitakahara@chla.usc.edu