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Adrian Franke  , PhD
Director, Analytical Biochemistry Shared Resource and Professor, Natural Products and Experimental Therapeutics ProgramUniversity of Hawai‘i Cancer Center- University of Hawaii at Manoa

Work Phone: 808.586.3008work Work Email: adrian@cc.hawaii.eduINTERNET

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Research Interests

Development of biomarkers reflecting exposure to vegetarian foods, pharmacokinetics of chemopreventive micronutrients, development of state-of-the-art analytical techniques to determine metabolites in biological matrices.

Recent Publications

  • Franke AA, Custer LJ, Morrison CM, Li X, Lai JF. (2013).Simultaneous analysis of circulating 25-hydroxy-vitamin D3, 25-hydroxy-vitamin D2, retinol, tocopherols, carotenoids, and oxidized and reduced coenzyme Q10 by HPLC with photo diode-array detection using C18 and C30 columns alone or in combination.J Chromatogr, 1301, 1-9 A.
  • Franke AA, Lai JF, Morrison CM, Pagano I, Li X, Halm BM, Soon Rand Custer LJ. (2013).Coenzyme Q10, carotenoid, tocopherol, and retinol levels in cord plasma from multiethnic subjects in Hawaii. Free Radic Res, 47(9), 757-768.

Recent Grants

  • U54 NCI. Identification of biomarkers in saliva for betel nut consumption. 07/01/13 – 06/30/14
  • PO1 NIH/NCI. Project 1:nutritional, biochemical, and hormonal predictors. Obesity, body fat distribution and cancer risk in the multiethnic cohort. 04/01/012-03/31/17
  • R01 NIH/NCI. Urinary Isoflavonoids and Stroke Risk in Chinese Women. 02/01/11-01-31/14

Pathway to degree completion *FOR STUDENTS ADMITTED FALL 2020 OR LATER *

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Degree program faculty

Cheryl Lynn Albright, PhD, MPH
Mapuana Antonio, DrPH
Jinan Banna, PhD, RD, CDN
Marla J. Berry, PhD
Jean Butel, PhD
Monica Esquivel, PhD RDN CSSD
Adrian Franke, PhD
Yanghua “Sunny” He, PhD
Kacie K.H.Y. Ho, PhD
Rajesh Jha, PhD
Soojin Jun, PhD
Yong Soo Kim, PhD, MS
Iris Fumiko Kimura, PhD, AT.Ret, PT
Kate Larson
Janet Latner, PhD
Loic Le Marchand, MD, PhD
Mi-Jeong Lee, PhD
Rachael Leon Guerrero, PhD, RDN, LD
Qing X. Li, PhD
Yong Li, PhD
Unhee Lim, PhD, MS
Gertraud Maskarinec, MD PhD
Birendra Mishra, PhD, MS, DVM
Pratibha Nerurkar, PhD
Rachel Novotny, PhD RDN
Jenee Odani, DVM
May Okihiro, MD
Caleb Reichhardt, PhD
Marie Kainoa Fialkowski Revilla, PhD RDN LD IBC
Andre P. Seale, PhD
John A Shepherd, PhD
Mark Thorne, PhD
Lynne Wilkens, DrPH, MS
Jinzeng Yang, PhD
Halina M Zaleski, PhD

Contact

Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
1955 East-West Road,
Ag Sci 216
Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96822
Phone: (808) 956-7095
Fax: (808) 956-4024
Email: nutrphd@hawaii.edu

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Address: 2540 Maile Way Spalding 354 Honolulu, HI 96822 Phone: (808) 956-8544 Email: gradss@hawaii.edu Website: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/graduate/

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