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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
Zhang, Zhen

Johns Hopkins University
United States

A multidisciplinary BCC for ovarian cancer early detection: translating discoveries to clinical use with a by-design approach 5U2CCA271891-04 Christos Patriotis, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Zhao, Yingqi

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
United States

Developing methods for advancing the early detection of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma leveraging electronic medical records data 1R01CA289668-01A1 Matthew Young, Ph.D.
Zhao, Hua

University Of Virginia
United States

Homologous recombination repair capacity in peripheral blood lymphocytes as a breast cancer risk factor 4U01CA260731-04 Claire Zhu, Ph.D.
Zheng, Yingye

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
United States

Precompetitive Collaboration on Liquid Biopsy for Early Cancer Assessment: Data Management and Coordinating Unit 5U24CA288185-03 Guillermo Marquez, Ph.D.
Zheng, Qin

Johns Hopkins University
United States

Determining the function of medium to large diameter sensory neurons in paclitaxel-induced pain via large-scale in vivo DRG imaging 1R01CA291906-01A1 Rachel Altshuler, Ph.D.
Zheng, Yingye

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
United States

The Early Detection Research Network: Data Management and Coordinating Center 5U24CA086368-25 Guillermo Marquez, Ph.D.
Zhou, Xianghong Jasmine

University Of California Los Angeles
United States

Detecting and locating cancer for patients with CT-detected lung nodules 4R01CA264864-04 Guillermo Marquez, Ph.D.
Zhou, Xianghong Jasmine

University Of California Los Angeles
United States

Multi-cancer early detection using cell-free DNA methylome analysis 5U01CA285010-03 Nicholas Hodges, Ph.D.
Zhou, Xianghong Jasmine

University Of California Los Angeles
United States

The UCLA Center in Early Detection of Liver Cancer 5U01CA230705-08 Sidney Fu, M.D.
Zhu, Yong

Univ Of Arkansas For Med Scis
United States

Explore piRNAs as a novel group of biomarkers for ovarian cancer early detection 1R21CA277412-01A1 Christos Patriotis, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Zhu, Yazhen

University Of California Los Angeles
United States

Extracellular Vesicle-Based Digital Scoring Assay for Detecting Early-stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma 5R01CA255727-05 Matthew Young, Ph.D.
Zhu, Yazhen

University Of California Los Angeles
United States

Click Chemistry-Mediated Surface Protein Assay for Quantifying Subpopulations of Hepatocellular Carcinoma-associated Extracellular Vesicles 5R01CA277530-03 Matthew Young, Ph.D.
Zi, Xiaolin

University Of California-Irvine
United States

Nautral products for targeting Skp2 in cancer interception 5UG3CA290368-02 Altaf Mohammed, Ph.D.