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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 Program Official
Clapper, Margie L.

Research Inst Of Fox Chase Can Ctr
United States

 Folic Acid Supplementation and Colitis-associated Colon Carcinogenesis 5R01CA262551-04 Nancy J. Emenaker, Ph.D., RDN, LD, FAND
Shureiqi, Imad

University Of Michigan At Ann Arbor
United States

 ALOX15 regulation of colon cancer invasiveness via PI3P-linoleic acid metabolism 5R01CA266223-04 Nancy J. Emenaker, Ph.D., RDN, LD, FAND
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
Hilakivi-Clarke, Leena A.

University Of Minnesota
United States

 Effect of maternal obesity on breast cancer among offspring: role of the gut microbiota 5R01CA276775-03 Amit Kumar, 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
Jobin, Christian

University Of Florida
United States

 Interaction between dietary taurine and microbiota sulfur metabolism in the development of colorectal cancer 5R01CA296643-02 Young Kim, Ph.D.
Jiang, Qing

Purdue University
United States

 Anti-cancer effects of tocotrienols and a carboxychromanol in an innovative colon cancer model 5R03CA283236-02 Amit Kumar, 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
Webster, Nicholas J

Veterans Medical Research Fdn/San Diego
United States

 The Effect of Time-Restricted Eating on the Efficiency of Chemo- and Hormonal-Therapy in Breast Cancer 5R21CA288777-02 Nancy J. Emenaker, Ph.D., RDN, LD, FAND
Song, Ming

University Of Louisville
United States

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

Envivo Bio Inc
United States

 Development and clinical evaluation of the CapScan gastrointestinal sampling device for metabolomics monitoring 5R33CA260665-04 Amit Kumar, Ph.D.
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.