Lisa Tussing-Humphreys, PhD, MS, RD, is co-leader of the Cancer Prevention and Control (CPC) Research Program at the University of Illinois Cancer Center and Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition at the UIC College of Applied Health Sciences. The Tussing-Humphreys Lab uses epidemiological, clinical, social, behavioral, and molecular tools and assessments to understand the complex relationship between environmental exposures, including diet, and colorectal cancer risk disparities. She has a unique transdisciplinary approach to cancer health equity research, and she has been leading multidisciplinary research studies and dietary/lifestyle intervention trials for more than 10 years with a major focus on reducing health disparities in racial/ethnic minorities residing in both rural and urban settings. From a mechanistic perspective, she has made significant contributions to the understanding of iron metabolism in the context of obesity. Her work also contributes to the understanding of diet and colorectal health and colorectal health disparities by elucidating the relationship between dietary heme and non-heme iron, the gut microbial community and colorectal health; detailing racial differences in diet and endpoint bacterial metabolism of taurine and bile acids and colonic inflammation; and examining the influence of community context, and individual behavior and health on the gut microbiome and colorectal health.
Lisa Tussing-Humphreys, PhD, MS, RD
Professor
Kinesiology and Nutrition
Applied Health Sciences
Research Program
Cancer Prevention And Control (CPC)
Phone: 312-355-5521
Email: [email protected]
