Center For Health Behaviors Research — Taste Study

Interested in participating in taste research?

• The Center for Health Behaviors Research at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, located in Roanoke, is conducting a 5-week research study in which participants will taste several flavors, drink flavored beverages, and have their blood sugar levels measured.
  

Participants will:

• Complete a prescreening survey.
• Taste and rate several flavored beverages.
• Drink flavored beverages, that we provide, at home.
• May have an MRI scan of their brain and receive a copy of their brain scan. 
• Be compensated up to $255 for participation in a tasting session, 3 blood draw sessions, 3 energy expenditure sessions, and one fMRI scanning session.

IRB # 19-927