Sharon Ross, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Dr. Sharon Ross is a Program Director in the Nutritional Science Research Group, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health. In this capacity, she is responsible for directing, coordinating and managing a multi-disciplinary research grant portfolio in diet, nutrition, and cancer prevention. Topics in her portfolio and research interests include: nutrition and gene regulation/ epigenetics and cancer prevention; mechanisms linking diet, obesity and cancer; relationships between diet and microbiota during carcinogenesis; as well as discovery of nutrient action through emerging technologies. Dr. Ross has a Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a Master of Public Health from  Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health with an emphasis in Epidemiology. Prior to joining the NCI, Dr. Ross worked at the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration (FDA). At FDA, she was involved in scientific review and regulation development for health claim labeling. Before FDA, Dr. Ross was a Cancer Prevention Fellow in the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, NCI. Sharon did her doctoral dissertation research in the Laboratory of Cellular Carcinogenesis and Tumor Promotion at NCI where her research topic concerned the effects of retinoids in growth, differentiation, and cell adhesion. Dr. Ross also holds a M.S. in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Connecticut and a B.S. in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of New Hampshire.