International Breast Cancer and Nutrition: A Model for Research, Training and Policy in Diet, Epigenetics and Chronic Disease Prevention

Global Nutrition Council
Diet and Cancer RIS
Nutritional Epidemiology RIS

Monday, April 28, 2014
10:30 AM–12:30 PM

Chairs

Connie M. Weaver, PhD , Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Dorothy Teegarden, PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Presentations

  • Introduction.  Connie Weaver, PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN   
  • Diet and breast cancer:  New approaches are necessary.  Ailsa Welch, DPHIL, University of East Anglia, Norwich,  UK
  • Diet and breast cancer in the Middle East:  A first look.  Nahla Hwalla, PhD, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
  • Nutritional effects on breast cell biology:  New research tools and risks-on-chips models.  Sophie Lelièvre, DVM, PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 
  • Obesity and energy metabolism in breast cancer progression using molecular tools.  Dorothy Teegarden, PhD, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN