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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 Sort descending 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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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
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.