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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
Clapper, Margie L.

Research Inst Of Fox Chase Can Ctr
United States

Cancer Prevention-Interception Targeted Agent Discovery Program at Fox Chase Cancer Center 5U54CA272686-04
Clare, Susan E.

Northwestern University At Chicago
United States

Lipid-initiated epigenetic reprogramming of the breast to a neural phenotype 1R21CA288676-01A1
Cocucci, Emanuele

Ohio State University
United States

A SYNTHETIC BIOMARKER TO UNIVERSALLY ASSESS THE RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION OF HEATHY AND CANCEROUS TISSUE TO CIRCULATING EV POOL 5R01CA270251-03 Matthew Young, Ph.D.
Cohen, Lorenzo

University Of Tx Md Anderson Can Ctr
United States

Opioid-Sparing Effects of Nurse-Delivered Hypnosis During Breast Cancer Surgery 5R01CA272565-03 Brennan Streck, Ph.D., RN, M.P.H.
Cohn, Barbara A

Public Health Institute
United States

Discriminatory Mechanisms in Early-Onset and Lethal Prostate Cancer 5R01CA264519-05 Howard L. Parnes, M.D.
Cook, Linda S

University Of Colorado Denver
United States

NOT-CA-24-111 Improving Strategies for Cancer Reduction through Early-detection and ENgagement (I-SCREEN) 3UG1CA286941-02S1 Elyse LeeVan, M.D., M.P.H.
Cremer, Miriam

Cleveland Clinic Lerner Com-Cwru
United States

Single Visit Clinical Validation of ScreenFire, a Low-Cost HPV Test: Efficacy and Cost Effectiveness (SCALE) 5R01CA266059-04 Vikrant Sahasrabuddhe, M.B.B.S., M.P.H., Dr.P.H.
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
Curtis, Amarinthia E

Spartanburg Regional Medical Center
United States

Upstate Carolina Consortium - Community Oncology Research Program 3UG1CA239762-06S1 Vanessa A. White, M.P.H.
Curtius, Kathleen M.

University Of California, San Diego
United States

Multiscale modeling of spatiotemporal evolution in Barrett's esophagus 5R01CA270235-03 Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Czerniak, Bogdan A

University Of Tx Md Anderson Can Ctr
United States

Mechanisms of Bladder Cancer Development and Its Therapeutic Vulnerabilities to Preventive and Interventive Therapy. 1P01CA296429-01A1 Howard L. Parnes, M.D.
Damaj, M. Imad

Virginia Commonwealth University
United States

Targeting Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P1) receptors for the treatment of Aromatase Inhibitors-induced Musculoskeletal Symptoms 5R01CA272147-03 Rachel Altshuler, Ph.D.
Damaj, M. Imad

Virginia Commonwealth University
United States

Inhibition of NLRP3 inflammasome for the treatment of Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy 1R21CA296516-01 Rachel Altshuler, Ph.D.
Daniel-Macdougall, Carrie

University Of Tx Md Anderson Can Ctr
United States

Prebiotic diet intervention to enhance the microbiome and immunotherapy response in melanoma 5R01CA291965-02 Nancy J. Emenaker, Ph.D., RDN, LD, FAND
Dashwood, Roderick H

Texas A&M University Health Science Ctr
United States

Immunoepigenetic targeting of MHC regulators in FAP 5R01CA257559-03