Sep 30, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Sylvia Crowder, PhD, Food Science and Human NutritionCancer Scholars for Translational and Applied Research (C★STAR ) 2017 Cohort Where are you working now? I am a T-32 Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Health Outcomes and Behavior at Moffitt Cancer Center in...
Jun 16, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Image of Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, Illinois associate professor in food science and human nutrition. Urbana, Ill. –When a scientist gets the keys to run their first lab, they soon realize that they must also become experts in human resources, networking, and...
May 11, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Urbana, Ill. – A new study, published in JCI insight, looks at how Brd4, a regulator of the innate immune response, influences diet-induced obesity. The researchers believe that Brd4 could be used as a target for obesity and insulin resistance. Approximately one-third...
Dec 18, 2020 | Cancer Center News
When agrochemical and pharmaceutical companies develop new products, they must test extensively for potential toxicity before obtaining regulatory approval. This testing usually involves lengthy and expensive animal studies. A research team at University of Illinois...
Oct 29, 2020 | Cancer Center News
The Cancer Center at Illinois is excited to announce the inaugural recipients of the Kristine Neuhoff Twyman Breast Cancer Scholarship. Qianying Zuo, an Illinois graduate student in food science and nutrition, and Joy Chen, a bioengineering undergraduate, were awarded...
Sep 1, 2020 | Cancer Center News
The Cancer Center at Illinois extends its congratulations to our colleagues who have received a promotion, tenure, or emeritus status at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, effective at the beginning of the 2020-2021 academic year. Promoted CCIL members...
May 27, 2020 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight
Sylvia CrowderPhD, Food Science and Human NutritionCancer Scholars for Translational and Applied Research (C★STAR ) 2017 Cohort How did you find yourself in cancer research?After I received my Bachelor’s in Dietetics from the University of Southern Indiana and...
May 20, 2020 | Cancer Center News
John Erdman, Professor Emeritus of Food Science and Human Nutrition, recently published a study in the Journal of Nutrition. The study found that dietary tomato treatments after castration did not reduce cancer incidence in a murine model. The American Cancer Society...
Apr 15, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Catherine Applegate, PhD candidate in Food Science and Human Nutrition (FSHN), researches the effects of diet and obesity on prostate cancer. During the last year of her degree, Applegate was diagnosed with breast cancer – but she was determined not to let the disease...
Jan 21, 2020 | Cancer Center News
Interview originally from Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute. CCIL Member Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, assistant professor of food and science and human nutrition, is the leader of the Women’s Health and Nutrition Lab, where she is currently focusing on...
Dec 17, 2019 | Cancer Center News
From left, Anna E. Arthur and Sylvia L. Crowder. An Illinois research team including Sylvia Crowder, C«STAR research fellow, and CCIL associate member Anna Arthur, assistant professor of food science and human nutrition, found that patients who eat foods high in...
Feb 19, 2019 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight
Catherine ApplegateTissue Microenvironment (TiMe) Program To many Americans, tomatoes may not be much more than a household fruit. But to Catherine Applegate, they can play a vital role for a person’s health. According to many studies, tomatoes, especially processed...