Our Mission

     The Ingestive Behavior Research Center (IBRC) at Purdue University is unique in providing an interdisciplinary research and training environment that promotes excellence in the analysis of ingestive behavior and its disorders.

Our Vision

     Individual and population-based health practices will be optimized by advancing understanding of the controls of ingestive behavior.

The Scope

     The Center integrates sophisticated analyses of the physiological, nutritional, developmental, genetic, sensory, socio-economic, and experiential determinants of food and fluid intake with the rigorous assessment of appetitive and consummatory behaviors in human and nonhuman animal models.

Training

     The students and faculty members of the IBRC participate in many common activities, including seminars, symposia, journal clubs, and a core curriculum for graduate training.  The emphasis on interdisciplinary graduate education and the availability of shared, state-of-the-art, facilities and resources, set the stage for a wide variety of individual and collaborative research endeavors that are aimed at advancing understanding of the controls of ingestive behavior.

IBRC Executive Committee

Dr. Richard Mattes, Ph.D., Director

Dr. Wayne Campbell, Ph.D.

Dr. Julia Chester, Ph.D.

Dr. Mario Ferruzzi, Ph.D.

Dr. Ed Fox, Ph.D.

Dr. Kimberly Kinzig, Ph.D.

Dr. Megan McCrory, Ph.D.