The Ragle HNC is a part of the UC Davis Department of Nutrition and its mission is to facilitate the ability of investigators to conduct clinical trials with human subjects to investigate relationships of food components and essential nutrients to health and wellness promotion. This is consistent with the Nutrition Department goals:

The generation of new information at the state of prevailing science
The training of future nutrition scientists
The transfer of nutrition knowledge in a broad public context
The Ragle HNC provides a unique setting to foster scientific collaboration among campus nutrition scientists examining a variety of research questions concerning the role of food in the prevention of disease and promotion of human health.