Skip to content
National Cancer Institute National Cancer Institute U.S. National Institutes of Health www.cancer.gov
Division of Cancer Prevention logo
Home Site Map Contact DCP
Programs & Resources

Nutritional Science Research Group

Stars in Nutrition & Cancer

This lecture series features extraordinary contributors or "stars" in the field of cancer and nutrition research. Speakers highlight the important role that nutrition plays in modifying cancer development. Past lectures are videotaped and available for viewing.

Upcoming Lectures

March 19, 2013, Susan Taylor Mayne, PhD, Micronutrients and Cancer Prevention: A Complex World

Past Lectures

November 05, 2012, Zigang Dong, MD, PhD

Can We Win the War Against Cancer by Prevention?

March 13, 2012, Charles Serhan, PhD, Novel Omega-3 Mediators & Mechanisms in the Resolution of Inflammation: What can they tell us about Preventative and Therapeutic Approaches?

November 02, 2011, Max Wicha, MD, Chemoprevention Using Natural Dietary Components to Target Cancer Stem Cells

March 15, 2011, John Ioannidis, MD, False Positives, False Negatives, and Small Effects: Genome, Exposome, and Nutrition

October 04, 2010, Stephen Barnes, PhD, Soy and Cancer: Wish You Were Young Again

March 16, 2010, Jeremy Nicholson, PhD, The Human Microbiome-Host Metabolic Axis in Health and Disease

September 29, 2009, Randy Jirtle, PhD, Epigenetics, Nutrition and Disease Susceptibility

March 19, 2009, Martin Philbert, PhD, Nanonutrition Frontiers:  Lessons Learned from Imaging and Therapy

October 01, 2008, Olufunmilayo Olopade, MD, A Family Based Approach to Breast Cancer Prevention

March 18, 2008, Martin Wiseman, MD, Nutrition and Cancer:  From Genotype to Phenotype

October 04, 2007, Leonard Augenlicht, PhD, Genetic and Nutritional Modulation of Intestinal Tumorigenesis

March 15, 2007, Peter Gillies, PhD, Omega-3 Fatty Acids in the Dietary Management of Pro-Inflammatory States:  A Nutrigenomic Model

October 23, 2006, Sheila Bingham, PhD, Nutritional and Molecular Biomarkers in Diet and Cancer Epidemiology

March 27, 2006, Bruce Ames, PhD, Mitochondrial Decay Contributes to Aging and Degenerative Diseases:  The Role of Micronutrients

September 28, 2005, Robert Weinberg, PhD, Mechanisms Leading to the Formation of Human Malignancies

March 21, 2005, Paul Talalay, MD, Protecting Against Cancer:  Edible Plants, Genes, and Enzymes

September 20, 2004, Ron Evans, PhD, Nuclear Receptors and the Complex Journey to Obesity

Back to top