This group plans, develops, directs, and coordinates external research programs in diet and nutrition, including micronutrients as modifiers of cancer risk and tumor behavior, to help establish a comprehensive understanding of the precise role of bioactive food components. Projects focus on determining how specific genes and/or molecular targets are influenced by either essential or non-essential nutrients. Research is aimed at identifying people who will benefit and people who might be placed at risk from dietary intervention strategies.
Funding and Training Opportunities
This is a listing of specific Requests for Applications, Program Announcements, and Notices. Research priorities include: nutritional modulation of genetic pathways; diet, epigenetic events, and cancer prevention; diet-induced changes in cancer processes; nutrient interactions; temporal exposure to bioactive food components and cancer risk; validation of biomarkers for exposure, effect, and susceptibility; and use of exfoliated cells and other surrogate markers to determine the impact of bioactive food components on cancer.
Programs and Projects
Meetings and Events
Publications and Presentations
This section contains a listing of journal articles, reports, presentations, and related evidenced based reviews.
Tools and Databases
About the Research Group
Mission, staff list, contact information, and internship opportunties information are in this section.
Nutrition and Cancer Prevention Fact Sheets