Aug 9, 2022 | Cancer Center News
Patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head or neck were 93% less likely to die of any cause during the first three years after diagnosis if they ate a healthy diet high in nutrients found to deter chronic disease, researchers found in a recent study. The eating...
Mar 29, 2022 | Cancer Center News
Image of Patricia Wolf and H. Rex Gaskins. Urbana, Ill. – Colorectal cancer is expected to claim more than 52,000 American lives in 2022, and if this year is like most others, Black Americans will bear the brunt of the disease. To understand the disparity in context,...
Dec 1, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Zeynep Madak-Erdogan Urbana, Ill. – The Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) is excited to announce that Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, associate professor of food science and health nutrition (FSHN), has been appointed a CCIL Program Leader. Focusing on education, she will join...
Oct 29, 2021 | Cancer Center News
(L to R): University of Illinois researchers John Katzenellenbogen, Benita Katzenellenbogen, Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, and Sung Hoon Kim showed pathway preferential estrogens may be a safer alternative to hormone replacement therapy. Photo by Seth Turner URBANA, Ill. –...
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...
Sep 7, 2021 | Cancer Center News
Pictured left to right: CCIL members Zeynep Madak-Erdogan and Rebecca Smith Urbana, Ill. – Eight faculty from a range of disciplines across the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus have joined Carle Illinois College of Medicine with Health Innovation...
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 20, 2021 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight
Ashlie Santaliz-Casiano, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Tissue Microenvironment Program, 2020 Cohort What does your educational path look like? I grew up in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. I am a product of both in public and private education system on the island. I...
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...
Apr 12, 2018 | Cancer Center News
Image of Anna Arthur, a professor of food science and human nutrition at the University of Illinois. Consuming high amounts of carbohydrates and various forms of sugar during the year prior to treatment for head and neck cancer may increase patients’ risks of cancer...
