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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
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 Sort descending Title Grant Number Program Official
Maclean, Paul S.

University Of Colorado Denver
United States

Novel dietary interventions for reducing obesity-associated breast cancer 5R01CA258766-05 Young Kim, Ph.D.
Marchand, Loic Le

University Of Hawaii At Manoa
United States

Effects of Intermittent Energy Restriction on Intra-Abdominal Fat and the Gut Microbiome: A Randomized Trial 5R01CA258179-05 Gabriela Riscuta, M.D., CNS
Tollefsbol, Trygve O

University Of Alabama At Birmingham
United States

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

Arizona State University-Tempe Campus
United States

Influence of developmental programming in adult stem cells and cancer 1R01CA301086-01 Young Kim, Ph.D.
Flory, James H

Sloan-Kettering Inst Can Research
United States

Managing metabolic disruption in pancreatic cancer to prevent weight loss and improve quality of life 5R21CA277464-02 Gabriela Riscuta, M.D., CNS
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
Johnson, Jeremy James

University Of Illinois At Chicago
United States

Defining the role of isoprenylated xanthones from the mangosteen for enhancing degradation of full length and variant forms of androgen receptor in prostate cancer 5R37CA227101-07 Amit Kumar, Ph.D.
Tussing-Humphreys, Lisa

University Of Illinois At Chicago
United States

Effects of Time-restricted Eating versus Daily Continuous Calorie Restriction on Body Weight and Colorectal Cancer Risk Markers among Adults with Obesity 5R01CA257807-05 Nancy J. Emenaker, Ph.D., RDN, LD, FAND
Lu, Junxuan

Pennsylvania State Univ Hershey Med Ctr
United States

Early clinial trials for Angelica herbal supplements for prostate cancer interception 4R01CA260901-04 Gabriela Riscuta, M.D., CNS
Hill, Joshua Aiden

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
United States

Immunoglobulin Replacement Therapy and Infectious Complications After CD19-Targeted CAR-T-Cell Therapy 5R01CA276040-03 Nancy J. Emenaker, Ph.D., RDN, LD, FAND
Hartman, Terryl J.

Emory University
United States

Fiber-rich Foods to Treat Obesity and Prevent Colon Cancer 5R01CA245063-05 Nancy J. Emenaker, Ph.D., RDN, LD, FAND
Stolley, Melinda R

Medical College Of Wisconsin
United States

Every Day Counts: A lifestyle program for women metastatic breast cancer 5R01CA258759-05 Nancy J. Emenaker, Ph.D., RDN, LD, FAND
Goncalves, Marcus Dasilva

New York University School Of Medicine
United States

Molecular Mechanisms of Fructose-induced Colorectal Cancer Cell Survival 5R01CA258697-06 Amit Kumar, Ph.D.
Song, Ming

University Of Louisville
United States

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