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)