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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
Siminski, Suzanne M.

Frontier Sci & Technology Rsch Fdn, Inc
United States

CASCADE Coordinating Center 5U24CA275417-04 Maria Silvina Frech, Ph.D., M.S.
Singal, Amit

Ut Southwestern Medical Center
United States

Precision Screening for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Cirrhosis 5R01CA222900-06
Singal, Amit

Ut Southwestern Medical Center
United States

Clinical Validation Center for Hepatocellular Carcinoma 5U01CA271887-04 Indu Kohaar, Ph.D., M.Phil., M.Sc.
Singal, Amit

Ut Southwestern Medical Center
United States

Precision Risk Stratification and Screening for HCC among Patients with Indeterminate Liver Nodules 4U01CA283935-03 Sidney Fu, M.D.
Singal, Amit

Ut Southwestern Medical Center
United States

Precision Risk Stratification and Screening for HCC among Patients with Cirrhosis in the United States 5U01CA230694-05
Siskind, Leah J

University Of Louisville
United States

Protecting the kidney from cisplatin induced injury and progression to chronic kidney disease 1R01CA305985-01 Marjorie Perloff, M.D.
Skates, Steven J

Massachusetts General Hospital
United States

Genome-wide methylation and proteomic analysis of uterine lavage and cervical swab for early detection of ovarian cancer 5U2CCA271871-03 Christos Patriotis, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Skates, Steven J

Massachusetts General Hospital
United States

Proteomic Analyses of Serial Prediagnostic PLCO Serum in Cases and Controls to Identify Early Detection Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers Rising in a Substantial Fraction of Cases and Stable in Most Controls 5U01CA260758-05 Claire Zhu, Ph.D.
Skubitz, Amy Patrice

University Of Minnesota
United States

A paradigm shift for ovarian cancer biomarkers: Utilizing routine Pap tests as liquid biopsies for the development of targeted mass spectrometry-based proteomic assays for early detection 5R01CA262153-05 Christos Patriotis, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Slager, Susan L

Mayo Clinic Rochester
United States

The genetic and epigenetic etiology of progression from the precursor state to chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) 4R01CA258465-04 Nicholas Hodges, Ph.D.
Smith, Ellen Mary Lavoie

University Of Alabama At Birmingham
United States

Duloxetine to Prevent Oxaliplatin-Induced Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase II to Phase III Study 5R01CA235726-07 Brennan Streck, Ph.D., RN, M.P.H.
Smith, Jennifer Susan

Univ Of North Carolina Chapel Hill
United States

UNC CASCADE Network Research Base 5UG1CA275403-04 Maria Silvina Frech, Ph.D., M.S.
Sohl, Stephanie Jean

Wake Forest University Health Sciences
United States

REmotely-delivered Supportive Programs for Improving surgical pain and disTrEss (RESPITE) 5R01CA266995-04 Goli Samimi, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Somers, Tamara J

Duke University
United States

A Mobile Health Behavioral Pain Intervention Protocol for Breast Cancer Patients with Pain in Medically Underserved Communities: A Randomized Controlled Trial 5R01CA237892-05 Brennan Streck, Ph.D., RN, M.P.H.
Song, Ming

University Of Louisville
United States

Dietary fructose and NASH/HCC progression 5R21CA290420-02 Amit Kumar, Ph.D.