Major Goals: This proposal will determine if the Mediterranean Diet alone or combined with weight loss can affect the bile acid-gut microbiome axis ultimately revealing critical information on how weight loss and diet can address CRC risk and disparities in African Americans, but also in other high-risk populations.
*Status of Support: Active
Project Number: NIH R01 CA250390
Name of PD/PI: Fitzgibbon/Tussing-Humphries; Chapkin, Role: co-investigator
*Source of Support: NIH
*Primary Place of Performance: Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Project/Proposal Start and End Date: 6/2021-5/2025
* Total Award Amount (including Indirect Costs): $3,941,956 ($644,421 RSC)