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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

Photo Name, Email, Phone Room Group(s)/Office
Emenaker, Nancy J., Ph.D., RDN, LD, FAND
 nancy.emenaker@nih.gov
240-276-7125 		5E548 Program Officer | Nutritional Science
Greco, Marsha
 marsha.greco@nih.gov
240-276-7031 		5E502 Program Specialist | Nutritional Science
Nutritional Science
Kim, Young, Ph.D.
 young.kim2@nih.gov
240-276-7115 		5E546 Program Officer | Nutritional Science
Kumar, Amit, Ph.D.
 amit.kumar@nih.gov
240-276-7617 		5E554 Program Officer | Nutritional Science
Riscuta, Gabriela, M.D., CNS
 gabriela.riscuta@nih.gov
240-276-7118 		5E560 Program Officer | Nutritional Science
Shoemaker, Robert, Ph.D.
 robert.shoemaker@nih.gov
240-276-7077 		5E454 Co-Chief | Chemopreventive Agent Development
Acting Chief | Nutritional Science

Grants

PI Name PI Organization Title Grant Number Program Official
Sorror, Mohamed

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
United States

 Novel Intervention Approaches to Alleviate Allogeneic Transplant-Related Morbidity and Mortality 5R01CA227092-06 Marjorie Perloff, M.D.
Spector, Tim

King'S College London
United States

 PROSPECT: Pathways, Risk factors, and mOleculeS to Prevent Early-onset Colorectal Tumors 1OT2CA297289-01 Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Spiegel, Brennan

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
United States

 Randomized Controlled Trial of Virtual Reality for GI Cancer Pain to Improve Patient Reported Outcomes 5R01CA252211-05 Rachel Altshuler, Ph.D.
Stachler, Matthew D

University Of California, San Francisco
United States

 Optimization and validation of a biomarker panel for risk stratification in Barrett's esophagus 3R37CA269649-03S1 Matthew Young, Ph.D.
Staff, Nathan P

Mayo Clinic Rochester
United States

 Investigating the role of MAP2 in chemotherapy-induced peripheral neurotoxicity 5R01CA275870-03 Rachel Altshuler, Ph.D.
Stolley, Melinda R

Medical College Of Wisconsin
United States

 Every Day Counts: A lifestyle program for women metastatic breast cancer 5R01CA258759-04 Nancy J. Emenaker, Ph.D., RDN, LD, FAND
Storz, Peter

Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
United States

 Deiminated molecules as markers for developing pancreatic cancer - A1 5R21CA279916-02 Matthew Young, Ph.D.
Suga, Jennifer Marie

Kaiser Foundation Research Institute
United States

 Kaiser Permanente NCI National Community Oncology Research Program, NCORP 3UG1CA189821-11S1 Vanessa A. White, M.P.H.
Sukumar, Saraswati

Johns Hopkins University
United States

 Development of an automated, point of care DNA methylation cartridge blood test for colorectal cancer detection in LMICs- an academic-industrial partnership 3R01CA278816-03S1 Matthew Young, Ph.D.
Sun, Ju

University Of Minnesota
United States

 SCH: A New Computational Framework for Learning from Imbalanced Biomedical Data 4R01CA287413-03 Claire Zhu, Ph.D.
Suter, Melissa J

Massachusetts General Hospital
United States

 Early Detection and Diagnosis of Lung Cancer with Endomicroscopy 5R01CA255326-04 Guillermo Marquez, Ph.D.
Svatek, Robert Scott

University Of Texas Hlth Science Center
United States

 eRapa for bladder cancer prevention 5R01CA252057-05 Howard L. Parnes, M.D.
Tabung, Fred Kinyuy

Ohio State University
United States

 Role of the inflammatory dietary pattern in gut and colon tissue microbiomes and impact on survival outcomes among colorectal cancer patients 1R21CA294050-01 Amit Kumar, Ph.D.
Tamkus, Deimante

Cook County Health And Hospital System
United States

 Stroger Hospital of Cook County (SHCC) MU-NCORP 3UG1CA190000-12S1 Brandy Heckman-Stoddard, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Tanasova, Marina

Michigan Technological University
United States

 Molecular probes for targeting facilitative fructose transporters (GLUTs) in biochemical and biomedical applications 2R15CA242401-02A1 Wendy Wang, Ph.D., M.Sc.