The Center For Applied Health Sciences

What The Center For Applied Health Sciences does

The Center for Applied Health Sciences (CAHS) is a privately held, single-site Contract Research Organization (CRO) headquartered at 6570 Seville Drive in Canfield, Ohio, that conducts human clinical trials exclusively for the dietary supplement, natural product, functional food and beverage, and medical food industries. Founded approximately in 1999 and led by Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Tim Ziegenfuss and Chief Operating Officer Jennifer Sandrock, the firm positions itself as an industry-leading specialized CRO serving organizations ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies. Its operations span an interdisciplinary team that includes MDs, PhDs, RDs, PharmDs, RNs, CCRCs, and CSCSs with more than 75 years of collective experience across natural products, medical foods, and biopharmaceuticals.

CAHS delivers end-to-end clinical research services through a unified single-site execution model, covering protocol development, IRB submission support, study execution, statistical analysis, and final clinical study reports, with specialized capabilities in structure/function claim substantiation, bioavailability and pharmacokinetic studies, mechanistic studies using muscle biopsy and stable isotope infusion, GRAS notification support, and NDI documentation. The technical platform rests on on-site physiological, functional, and mechanistic assessment infrastructure including DEXA and BIA body composition analysis, resting metabolic rate and exercise metabolism testing, strength/power/endurance performance testing, hydration and fluid balance assessment, cognitive/mood outcomes, and gut health/microbiome endpoints. The firm's QPS (Quality, Price, Speed) operational framework governs how it balances sponsor priorities across these capabilities, and it reports performance metrics of >92% participant retention, >90% compliance, >85% on-time delivery, median 4-8 week enrollment for standard studies, a 1,700+ participant local recruitment database, and a clean audit history with zero FDA 483 observations.

Commercially, CAHS operates a project-based, professional services revenue model in which sponsors engage the firm directly via website forms, phone, or email to commission custom clinical studies with bespoke protocols, sample sizes (commonly N≈40-80), and endpoints. Pricing is custom-quoted per study scope, and contracts span multi-year durations. Participant compensation ranges from $500 to $1,200 per participant depending on study complexity. Distribution is purely consultative and direct-to-business, with demand generated through conference presentations at venues such as the American College of Sports Medicine, Experimental Biology, NSCA, and ISSN, supplemented by organic social, blog, and newsletter channels. There is no evidence of external institutional investment, parent company ownership, or M&A activity in the source data.

Name

The Center For Applied Health Sciences

Legal name

The Center for Applied Health Sciences

Website

https://thecahs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Center for Applied Health Sciences is a privately held, single-site contract research organization in Canfield, Ohio that runs GCP-aligned human clinical trials for dietary supplement, natural product, and functional food and beverage companies, from startups to Fortune 500 firms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Contract Research Organization (CRO) Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Clinical CROs (Phase I–IV) (HLAGAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Medical Writing & Regulatory Submission Support CROs (HLAGAAAG), Patient Recruitment, Site Feasibility & Trial Enablement CROs (HLAGAAAI), Clinical Quality Assurance (GCP QA, TMF/QMS oversight) (HLAGAKAI)

Keywords

• Contract research organization
• Clinical research services
• Dietary supplement trials
• Functional food research
• Sports nutrition studies

Headquarters

HQ city

Canfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Clinical Research Services: CAHS generates revenue by providing end-to-end clinical trial services to dietary supplement, functional food, and beverage companies. Services include protocol development, study execution, IRB submission support, statistical analysis, final clinical study reports, executive summaries, and manuscript/publication support. Revenue is earned through project-based contracts for specific clinical studies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

The Center for Applied Health Sciences is a Contract Research Organization (CRO) that runs single-site, GCP-aligned human clinical trials for the dietary supplement, natural product, and functional/medical food and beverage industries. Services span protocol design, IRB submission support, recruitment, study execution, biomarker and mechanistic assessments, statistical analysis, and final clinical study reports with manuscript/publication support. The organization delivers all work from one Northeast Ohio facility using an interdisciplinary team and its QPS Model (Quality, Price, Speed) framework.

Product overview

The Center for Applied Health Sciences (CAHS) is a Contract Research Organization (CRO) providing end-to-end clinical research services exclusively for the dietary supplement, natural products, and functional food and beverage industries. The company operates as a single-site research facility offering a unified service portfolio centered on Clinical Trials as the core offering, complemented by specialized services including Safety Assessment, Efficacy Studies, Biomarker Analysis, Nutritional Research, Exercise Science, Structure/Function Claim Substantiation Studies, Bioavailability and Pharmacokinetic Studies, Mechanistic Studies, GRAS Notification Support, NDI Strategy Documentation, Cognitive Function and Mood Assessment, Body Composition Analysis, Metabolic Testing, Hydration and Fluid Balance Assessment, and Statistical Analysis and Reporting. The services integrate through CAHS's QPS Model (Quality, Price, Speed) framework, providing sponsors with study design, protocol development, subject recruitment, IRB approval, trial execution, data collection, statistical analysis, and manuscript publication support—all delivered through a centralized single-site execution model that reduces inter-site variability.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Clinical Trials

Quantifiable outcome

• Median enrollment duration of 4–8 weeks for standard single-site healthy adult oral supplementation studies (N≈40–80)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature8 records

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Eurofins Scientific: Global testing and clinical services group with a significant consumer health and nutrition testing footprint. Overlaps with CAHS in clinical and laboratory-based nutrition, supplement, and functional food research at a much larger scale.
• Intertek Life Sciences: Testing services division of Intertek covering clinical and consumer product research including nutrition and supplement claims support. Broad incumbent peer with overlapping biomarker, clinical, and consumer-health testing capabilities.
• Worldwide Clinical Trials: Mid-to-large CRO with therapeutic-area clinical research operations including early-phase human pharmacology. Adjacent peer that occasionally serves consumer health sponsors evaluating ingredient tolerability and PK, partially overlapping CAHS's bioavailability and safety work.
• Charles River Laboratories: Large global CRO offering broad clinical and preclinical research services, including occasional human nutrition and supplement work. Operates at much greater scale and geographic breadth, but overlaps on clinical endpoint capability for nutrition and consumer health sponsors.
• IQVIA: World's largest CRO with a broad clinical and real-world evidence portfolio that periodically serves consumer health, nutrition, and supplement sponsors. A direct substitute for sponsors seeking multi-site, globally networked execution versus CAHS's single-site model.

Direct peers

• Biofortis (Mérieux NutriSciences): Mérieux NutriSciences-owned clinical research unit focused on nutrition, functional food, and gut microbiome studies. Direct peer in functional food and dietary intervention clinical research with overlap on biomarker and metabolic endpoints.
• Nutrasource: Canadian regulatory and clinical research firm serving the natural health product, dietary supplement, and food industries. Direct competitor in DSHEA/NHP-equivalent claim substantiation, GRAS-equivalent dossiers, and human clinical trial execution.
• Medicus Research: Clinical research organization specializing in nutrition, dietary supplement, and natural product studies for the consumer health industry. Direct peer in supplement-focused clinical research and structure/function claim substantiation work.
• Citruslabs: Consumer health and dietary supplement clinical trial CRO focused on structure/function claim substantiation for supplement brands. Closely comparable niche focus and sponsor base (supplement brands of all sizes), with a similar end-to-end clinical research model.
• KGK Sciences: Toronto-based contract research organization focused on nutrition, dietary supplement, and natural health product clinical research. Closely comparable in end-market vertical (supplements/natural products), service mix (clinical trials, claim substantiation), and single-site execution model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cahs_canfield
• Facebookfacebook.com/AppliedHealthSciences
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-center-for-applied-health-sciences
• Instagraminstagram.com/thecahs

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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