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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 PI Organization Title Grant Number Sort descending Program Official
Butryn, Meghan

Drexel University
United States

Efficacy of a multi-level intervention designed to promote adherence to WCRF/AICR dietary guidelines for cancer prevention 1R01CA288323-01A1 Nancy J. Emenaker, Ph.D., RDN, LD, FAND
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
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.
Nguyen, Sang Minh

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
United States

Gut Microbiome Profiles in Association with Breast Cancer Recurrence and Mortality 1R03CA292953-01 Gabriela Riscuta, M.D., CNS
Tabung, Fred Kinyuy

Ohio State University
United States

Role of the inflammatory dietary pattern in gut and colon tissue microbiomes and impact on survival outcomes among colorectal cancer patients 1R21CA294050-01 Amit Kumar, Ph.D.
Meghani, Salimah H.

University Of Pennsylvania
United States

Cannabis use and outcomes in ambulatory patients with cancer: A 12-month cohort study 3R01CA270483-04S1 Gabriela Riscuta, M.D., CNS
Freedland, Stephen Jay

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
United States

Intermittent Fasting using a Fasting-Mimetic Diet to Improve Prostate Cancer Control and Metabolic Outcomes 3R01CA280081-03S1 Young Kim, Ph.D.
Hebert, James R

University Of South Carolina At Columbia
United States

A Transdisciplinary Approach to Investigating Metabolic Dysregulation in Obese Parent and Child Dyads and Risk of Colorectal Cancer 3U01CA272977-03S1 Gabriela Riscuta, M.D., CNS
Wang, Kai

Massachusetts General Hospital
United States

Dietary prevention for colorectal cancer: targeting the bile acid/gut microbiome axis 4R00CA283146-03 Amit Kumar, Ph.D.
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
Eibl, Guido Erwin Michael

University Of California Los Angeles
United States

Chemoprevention and mechanisms of obesity-promoted pancreatic adenocarcinoma 5P01CA236585-05
Tollefsbol, Trygve O

University Of Alabama At Birmingham
United States

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

University Of Iowa
United States

E-FABP mediates n-3 fatty acid-induced tumor prevention through epigenetic control of immune cell differentiation and function 5R01CA180986-11 Nancy J. Emenaker, Ph.D., RDN, LD, FAND
Webster, Nicholas J

University Of California, San Diego
United States

Time-restricted feeding and breast cancer 5R01CA196853-09 Nancy J. Emenaker, Ph.D., RDN, LD, FAND
Rogers, Laura Q

University Of Alabama At Birmingham
United States

Role of gut microbe composition in psychosocial symptom response to exercise training in breast cancer survivors 5R01CA235598-06 Gabriela Riscuta, M.D., CNS