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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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 Sort descending	Title	Grant Number	Program Official
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
Fitzgibbon, Marian L.	University Of Illinois At Chicago United States	Mediterranean Diet and Weight Loss: Targeting the Bile Acid/Gut Microbiome Axis to Reduce Colorectal Cancer Risk	5R01CA250390-05	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
Eibl, Guido Erwin Michael	University Of California Los Angeles United States	Chemoprevention and mechanisms of obesity-promoted pancreatic adenocarcinoma	5P01CA236585-05
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
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.
Wallace, Douglas C	Children'S Hosp Of Philadelphia United States	Anti-tumor immunity and intestinal microbiota are modulated by mitochondrial DNA	5R01CA259635-04	Young Kim, 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.
Chapkin, Robert Stephen	Texas A&M Agrilife Research United States	Targeting plasma membrane spatial dynamics to suppress aberrant Wnt signaling	5R01CA244359-05	Amit Kumar, 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
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
Rosenberg, Daniel William	University Of Connecticut Sch Of Med/Dnt United States	Microbiota, Metabolites, and Colon Neoplasia	5R01CA252045-05	Amit Kumar, Ph.D.
Kong, Mei	University Of California-Irvine United States	Using dietary glutamine supplementation for melanoma prevention and targeted therapy	5R01CA244360-05	Gabriela Riscuta, M.D., CNS
Buis, Lorraine R	University Of Michigan At Ann Arbor United States	MyGI Diet for Colorectal Cancer Prevention	5R01CA255743-04	Nancy J. Emenaker, Ph.D., RDN, LD, FAND
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.

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