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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
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.
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
Panda, Satchidananda

Salk Institute For Biological Studies
United States

 Impact of Time-Restricted Feeding in Reducing Cancer Risk Through Optimizing Mitochondria Function 5R01CA258221-05 Nancy J. Emenaker, Ph.D., RDN, LD, FAND
Tollefsbol, Trygve O

University Of Alabama At Birmingham
United States

 Combinatorial epigenetic-based prevention of breast cancer 5R01CA178441-10 Gabriela Riscuta, M.D., CNS
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.
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
Maclean, Paul S.

University Of Colorado Denver
United States

 Novel dietary interventions for reducing obesity-associated breast cancer 5R01CA258766-05 Young Kim, Ph.D.
Carson, Tiffany Lashaun

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Ctr & Res Inst
United States

 Determining the structural- and functional-level effects of diet-specific interventions on the gut microbiota of a diverse sample of Southern United States adults 5R01CA253219-06 Young Kim, Ph.D.
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
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
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
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.