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Cancer Center – UHM

Adrian Franke, PhD

Director, Analytical Biochemistry Shared Resource and Professor, Natural Products and Experimental Therapeutics Program

University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center- University of Hawaii at Manoa

Categories: Cancer Center – University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

  • adrian@cc.hawaii.edu

Loic Le Marchand, MD, PhD

Professor, Full Member, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program (Cancer Epidemiology), University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center

University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center – University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Categories: Cancer Center – University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

  • loic@cc.hawaii.edu

Unhee Lim, PhD, MS

Professor (Researcher)

Full Member, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program

Research Interests: Role lifestyle in the development and racial/ethnic disparities of common cancers and dementia.

Recent Publications:

Park SY, Setiawan VW, White LR, …, Lim U. Modifying effects of race and ethnicity and APOE on the association of physical activity with risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Alzheimers Dement 2022. PMC9810117.

Lim U, Wang S, Park SY, …, Setiawan VW. Risk of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia by sex and race/ethnicity: The Multiethnic Cohort Study. Alzheimers Dement 2021. PMC9177893.

Song MA, Seffernick AE, Archer KJ, …, Lim U. Race/ethnicity-associated blood DNA methylation differences between Japanese and European American women: an exploratory study. Clin Epigenetics 2021. PMC8507376.

Lim U, Monroe KR, Buchthal S, …, Le Marchand L. Propensity for intra-abdominal and hepatic adiposity varies among ethnic groups. Gastroenterology 2019. PMC6409195.

Publication list via My NCBI (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/unhee.lim.1/bibliography/public/)

Current:

Homa Sadeghi, PhD, University of Southern California (co-mentor; diet and NAFLD/MAFLD)
Devon Cataldi (pending PhD), University of Hawaii Cancer Center (co-mentor; body composition and health/health disparities)
Gina Nam, PhD student, University of California Los Angeles (co-mentor; risk of Alzheimer disease and related dementia in cancer survivors)

Categories: University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center

  • Link
  • ulim@cc.hawaii.edu

Chloe Panizza Lozano, PhD, MHlthProm, GradDip Dietetics

Assistant Professor, Cancer Prevention in the Pacific Population Sciences Program

University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center

Research Interests: mHealth, Nutrition Artificial Intelligence, nutrition assessment, dietary patterns, obesity prevention and management, nutrition education, dietary behavior change, and community nutrition. 

Recent Publications:

Lozano, C.; Saha, S.; Broyles, S.; Martin, C.; Apolzan, J. O28 Validation of a Mobile App for Providing Real-Time Estimates of Portion Size, Energy Intake and MyPlate Food Group Servings. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2022, 54(7):S14-S15. doi:10.1016/j.jneb.2022.04.035

Lozano, C.; Wilkens, L.; Shvetsov, Y.; Maskarinec, G.; Park, S.; Shepherd, J.; Boushey, C.; Hebert, J.; Wirth, M.; Ernst, T.; Randolph, T.; Lim, U.; Lampe, J.; Le Marchand, L.; Hullar, M. Associations of the Dietary Inflammatory Index with total adiposity and ectopic fat through the gut microbiota, lipopolysaccharides, and C-reactive protein in the Multiethnic Cohort-Adiposity Phenotype Study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021, Dec 6:nqab398. Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab398

Panizza, C.E.; Lim, U.; Yonemori, K.M.; Cassel, K.D.; Wilkens, L.R.; Harvie, M.N.; Maskarinec, G.; Delp, E.J.; Lampe, J.W.; Shepherd, J.A.; Le Marchand, L.; Boushey, C.J. Effects of Intermittent Energy Restriction Combined with a Mediterranean Diet on Reducing Visceral Adiposity: A Randomized Active Comparator Pilot Study. Nutrients 2019, 11, 1386. doi: 10.3390/nu11061386

Categories: University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center

  • cpanizza@hawaii.edu

Gertraud Maskarinec, MD PhD

Professor, Cancer Epidemiology Program and Program Director, Post-Doctoral Training Program

University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center

Categories: University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center – University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

  • gertraud@cc.hawaii.edu

Marie Kainoa Fialkowski Revilla, PhD RDN LD IBC CLC

Associate Researcher and Professor

University of Hawaii Cancer Center

Research Interests: Nutrition and Health in Indigenous Populations, Nutritional Assessment, Infant Nutrition and Lactation.

Categories: Cancer Center – University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

  • Link
  • mariekf@hawaii.edu

John A. Shepherd, PhD

Researcher R5

Population Sciences in the Pacific Program (Cancer Epidemiology), University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center

Categories: Cancer Center – University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

  • Link
  • johnshep@hawaii.edu

Lynne Wilkens, DrPH, MS

Co-Director, Biostat and Informatics Shared Resource

University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center- University of Hawaii at Manoa

Categories: Cancer Center – University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

  • Link
  • lynne@cc.hawaii.edu

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