Mission:
The Little Rock, AR, Location consists of two separate and distinct entities, both of whom report directly to the Area Director, Southern Plains Area. The Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center (ACNC), directed by Dr. Thomas M. Badger, PhD, is located in the Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute at 1120 Marshall Street, Little Rock, AR 72202. The Lower Mississippi Delta Nutrition Intervention Research Initiative (Delta NIRI), under the direction of Dr. Margaret J. Bogle, PhD, is officed at 900 S. Shackleford Road, Suite 509, Little Rock, AR 72211.