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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
Maclean, Paul S.

University Of Colorado Denver
United States

 Novel dietary interventions for reducing obesity-associated breast cancer 5R01CA258766-04 Young Kim, Ph.D.
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.
Welsh, Joellen

State University Of New York At Albany
United States

 Vitamin K: Body Pools and Function in Breast Cancer 5R01CA258231-05 Young Kim, Ph.D.
Jobin, Christian

University Of Florida
United States

 Interaction between dietary taurine and microbiota sulfur metabolism in the development of colorectal cancer 1R01CA296643-01 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.
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.
Goncalves, Marcus Dasilva

New York University School Of Medicine
United States

 Molecular Mechanisms of Fructose-induced Colorectal Cancer Cell Survival 5R01CA258697-05 Amit Kumar, Ph.D.
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.
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.
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.
Rosenberg, Daniel William

University Of Connecticut Sch Of Med/Dnt
United States

 Microbiota, Metabolites, and Colon Neoplasia 5R01CA252045-05 Amit Kumar, Ph.D.
Song, Ming

University Of Louisville
United States

 Dietary fructose and NASH/HCC progression 5R21CA290420-02 Amit Kumar, 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.
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.