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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 Sort descending PI Organization Title Grant Number Program Official
Taouli, Bachir

Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai
United States

Abbreviated MRI for HCC screening in cirrhotic patients 5R01CA249765-05 Guillermo Marquez, Ph.D.
Taratula, Oleh

Oregon State University
United States

Novel Nanomedicine-Based Therapeutic Approach For Treatment of Cancer Cachexia 5R37CA234006-07 Brandy Heckman-Stoddard, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Tayob, Nabihah

Dana-Farber Cancer Inst
United States

Biomarker screening algorithms for the improved early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma 5R01CA230503-07 Nicholas Hodges, Ph.D.
Tearney, Guillermo J

Massachusetts General Hospital
United States

Colorectal Cancer Screening with Optical Coherence Tomography 5R01CA280972-02 Matthew Young, Ph.D.
Temprosa, Marinella

George Washington University
United States

22/22 Limited Competition for the Continuation of the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS) – Biostatistics Center 2U01DK048489-28 Brandy Heckman-Stoddard, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Temprosa, Marinella

George Washington University
United States

22/22 Limited Competition for the Continuation of the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS) – Biostatistics Center 2U01DK048489-28 Brandy Heckman-Stoddard, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Tennis, Meredith A

University Of Colorado Denver
United States

Modeling lung squamous cell carcinoma premalignancy and prevention 1R01CA298925-01
Tennis, Meredith A

University Of Colorado Denver
United States

Persistence and regression in lung premalignant lesions 1R01CA289576-01A1 Malgorzata Wojtowicz, M.D.
Terry, Kathryn L.

Brigham And Women'S Hospital
United States

Changing Contraceptive Patterns and Ovarian Cancer Risk 5R01CA258679-05 Goli Samimi, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Tewari, Ashutosh K

Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai
United States

Artificial intelligence enabled Stroma-Weighted Automated Grading system to improve risk stratification in Black Men 1R01CA290438-01A1 Indu Kohaar, Ph.D., M.Phil., M.Sc.
Thakur, Mathew Laxman

Thomas Jefferson University
United States

Noninvasive, Uniplex, Molecular, Pathomic Urinary Assay for Detection of Prostate Cancer 5R01CA249921-05
Thangaraju, Muthusamy

Augusta University
United States

Bacteria-derived xenobiotics in colon cancer prevention: Link to GPR109A and colonic ketogenesis 5R01CA275840-03
Thompson, Patricia Ann

University Of Arizona
United States

University of Arizona Cancer Prevention Clinical Trials Network 2UG1CA242596-07 Donald Johnsey
Thompson, Patricia Ann

State University New York Stony Brook
United States

Three-Arm randomized trial comparing the effect of aspirin, sulindac or no treatment control on breast density in patients with elevated breast cancer risk 5R01CA235720-05 Edward Sauter, M.D., Ph.D.
Tollefsbol, Trygve O

University Of Alabama At Birmingham
United States

Combinatorial epigenetic-based prevention of breast cancer 5R01CA178441-10 Gabriela Riscuta, M.D., CNS