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Nutritional Sciences

Promotes and supports studies establishing a comprehensive understanding of the role of diet and food components in cancer risk and tumor behavior. Supports basic, translational, and clinical studies to understand the interplay between nutrition and the microbiome, underlying cancer prevention mechanisms, and the interaction between genetics, gene expression, and dietary intake.

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Staff List

Name, Email, Phone Room Group(s)/Office ID
Emenaker, Nancy J., Ph.D., RDN, LD, FAND
nancy.emenaker@nih.gov
240-276-7125
5E580 Program Officer | Nutritional Science 562
Greco, Marsha
marsha.greco@nih.gov
240-276-7031
5E562 Program Specialist | Nutritional Science
Nutritional Science
648
Kim, Young, Ph.D.
young.kim2@nih.gov
240-276-7115
5E576 Program Officer | Nutritional Science 579
Kumar, Amit, Ph.D.
amit.kumar@nih.gov
240-276-7617
5E572 Program Officer | Nutritional Science 582
Riscuta, Gabriela, M.D., CNS
gabriela.riscuta@nih.gov
240-276-7118
5E560 Program Officer | Nutritional Science 614
Shoemaker, Robert, Ph.D.
robert.shoemaker@nih.gov
240-276-7077
5E454 Co-Chief | Chemopreventive Agent Development
Acting Chief | Nutritional Science
624

Grants

PI Name Sort descending PI Organization Title Grant Number Program Official
Arcaro, Kathleen Frances

University Of Massachusetts Amherst
United States

Fruit and vegetable intervention in lactating women to reduce breast cancer risk: effects on breast cell DNA methylation, breast inflammation, and weight 5R01CA230478-05
Butryn, Meghan

Drexel University
United States

Efficacy of a multi-level intervention designed to promote adherence to WCRF/AICR dietary guidelines for cancer prevention 1R01CA288323-01A1 Nancy J. Emenaker, Ph.D., RDN, LD, FAND
Carson, Tiffany Lashaun

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Ctr & Res Inst
United States

Determining the structural- and functional-level effects of diet-specific interventions on the gut microbiota of a diverse sample of Southern United States adults 5R01CA253219-05 Young Kim, Ph.D.
Chapkin, Robert Stephen

Texas A&M Agrilife Research
United States

Targeting plasma membrane spatial dynamics to suppress aberrant Wnt signaling 5R01CA244359-05 Amit Kumar, Ph.D.
Clapper, Margie L.

Research Inst Of Fox Chase Can Ctr
United States

Folic Acid Supplementation and Colitis-associated Colon Carcinogenesis 5R01CA262551-04 Nancy J. Emenaker, Ph.D., RDN, LD, FAND
Crowder, Sylvia

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Ctr & Res Inst
United States

The MIND-BC Study: MIND diet for Breast cancer Cognition 1R01CA299480-01 Nancy J. Emenaker, Ph.D., RDN, LD, FAND
Daniel-Macdougall, Carrie

University Of Tx Md Anderson Can Ctr
United States

Prebiotic diet intervention to enhance the microbiome and immunotherapy response in melanoma 1R01CA291965-01 Nancy J. Emenaker, Ph.D., RDN, LD, FAND
Dasgupta, Piyali

Marshall University
United States

Capsaicin and small cell lung cancer therapy 2R15CA161491-03 Gabriela Riscuta, M.D., CNS
Djuric, Zora

University Of Michigan At Ann Arbor
United States

MyGI Diet for Colorectal Cancer Prevention 5R01CA255743-03 Nancy J. Emenaker, Ph.D., RDN, LD, FAND
Eibl, Guido Erwin Michael

University Of California Los Angeles
United States

Chemoprevention and mechanisms of obesity-promoted pancreatic adenocarcinoma 5P01CA236585-05
El-Bayoumy, Karam E

Pennsylvania State Univ Hershey Med Ctr
United States

Chemoprevention by Black Raspberry of Oral Cancer Induced by Tobacco Carcinogens: Translational Studies 5R01CA173465-10 Gabriela Riscuta, M.D., CNS
Fitzgibbon, Marian L.

University Of Illinois At Chicago
United States

Mediterranean Diet and Weight Loss: Targeting the Bile Acid/Gut Microbiome Axis to Reduce Colorectal Cancer Risk 5R01CA250390-05 Young Kim, Ph.D.
Flory, James H

Sloan-Kettering Inst Can Research
United States

Managing metabolic disruption in pancreatic cancer to prevent weight loss and improve quality of life 5R21CA277464-02 Gabriela Riscuta, M.D., CNS
Freedland, Stephen Jay

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
United States

A Comparative Study of Risk Factors for Men with and without Prostate Cancer at the VA Medical Center in Durham 3R01CA280081-02S1 Young Kim, Ph.D.
Goncalves, Marcus Dasilva

New York University School Of Medicine
United States

Molecular Mechanisms of Fructose-induced Colorectal Cancer Cell Survival 5R01CA258697-05 Amit Kumar, Ph.D.