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American Institute for Cancer Research funds studies to assess link between lifestyle, malignancy
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The American Institute for Cancer Research awarded $1.1 million worth of grants to fund seven research projects designed to better understand how physical activity, diet and weight management affect cancer prevention and survivorship.
“Thanks to contributions from our committed donors, we are able to fund a range of topics and strengthen the science on cancer prevention and survivorship,” Kelly Browning, the institute’s CEO, said in a press release. “The collective efforts of these researchers will help us make significant scientific advances in understanding how lifestyle factors impact cancer risk.”
Grant recipients are:
- Michael De Lisio, PhD, of University of Ottawa, who will assess the effects of obesity and exercise on radiation-induced leukemia;
- James Fleet, PhD, of Purdue University, who will investigate regulation of tumor cell evasion from immune surveillance by vitamin D;
- Jeanine Genkinger, PhD, of Columbia University, whose research will explore the effects of weight loss, gain and cycling, as well as dietary and lifestyle patterns, on pancreatic cancer risk;
- Edward Giovannucci, MD, ScD, of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, who will evaluate the association between lifestyle factors and tumor angiogenesis in prostate cancer;
- Angela Murphy, PhD, of University of South Carolina, whose research will assess sex-specific differences in obesity-enhanced colorectal cancer;
- Connie Rogers, PhD, of The Pennsylvania State University, who will evaluate mechanisms that underlie the protective effect of exercise on primary mammary tumor growth and metastases; and
- Kathryn Wilson, ScD, of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, who will investigate the effect of coffee intake or on risk for advanced prostate cancer.
“We are so excited about our new grantees because each of the studies holds promise for making a real difference in how to prevent and survive cancer,” Nigel Brockton, PhD, the institute’s director of research, said in the release. “It is our critical mission to fund scientists to explore and examine new areas of research in order to understand cancer risk better.”