Healthy tips for 2014!
Dr. Wendy Demark-Wahnefried answers your questions (previously
submitted) about the effects of diet and exercise on triple negative
breast cancer.
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Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, Ph.D., R.D., is professor and Webb Endowed
Chair of Nutrition Sciences and the associate director for cancer
prevention and control at the UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr.
Demark-Wahnefried is a nutrition scientist with training in
biochemistry, genetics, and behavioral science. She was recently
recruited (spring 2010) from M.D. Anderson Cancer Center where she was a
full professor in the Division of Cancer Prevention and Population
Sciences; earlier in her career she was at Duke University Medical
Center. For the past two decades, her research career has spanned basic
science studies focused on determining mechanisms of action of
food-related components on neoplastic progression, to clinical research
that involves nutrition-related concerns of cancer patients, as well as
determining effective lifestyle interventions that improve the overall
health of cancer survivors and their families. Her laboratory has
conducted some of the largest studies exploring metabolic and body
composition changes in response to cancer treatment. An area of research
in which Dr. Demark-Wahnefried has experienced particular success is
the delivery of home-based lifestyle interventions among cancer
survivors, where she has led and continues to lead a number of
NIH-funded trials aimed at improving the diet and exercise behavioral of
cancer survivors. She was a named a Komen Professor of Survivorship for
her work in this arena.
Dr. Demark-Wahnefried serves on several boards and panels, including
the American Cancer Society, several NIH standing and ad-hoc committees,
and the World Cancer Fund. Her research interests include diet/hormonal
and genetic interactions and their association with neoplasia
(specifically breast and prostate cancer); dietary intervention to
prevent chronic disease factors affecting compliance and recidivism; and
lifestyle modification among cancer survivors.