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Nutritional Epidemiology Branch
Research Areas

Key Nutritional Factors

Meat, Meat Related Carcinogens
  • Heterocyclic amines (phip, meiqx)
  • Polycyclic hydrocarbons
  • Nitrates/nitrites
  • Heme-iron
For more information contact: Rashmi Sinha
Nutrition-Gene Interactions: Clarify Risk Estimates
  • Nutritional, lifestyle, genetic, infectious, and other determinants of pancreatic cancer, including biomarkers (nutritional and molecular) that may help reveal underlying mechanisms of carcinogenesis
For more information contact: Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon
Fiber; Fruits and Vegetables
  • Subtypes
  • Constituents
For more information contact: NEB Acting Chiefs
Growth Factors
  • Insulin
  • IGF
For more information contact: Demetrius Albanes
SELECT
  • Selenium
  • Vitamin E
  • Prostate Cancer
For more information contact: Demetrius Albanes

Energy Balance

  • Obesity
  • Physical inactivity
  • Insulin resistance
For more information contact: NEB Acting Chiefs

Methodologic Studies in Nutrition and Cancer

  • Questionnaires
  • Database Development
  • Biological Markers
For more information contact: NEB Acting Chiefs