Associate Professor of Nutrition
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Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Phone: 512-965-0340, 404 413 1233
E-mail: nnunez@gsu.edu
Education
| 2002 | Master of Public Health | Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
| 1999 | PhD of Pharmacology/Toxicology | Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA |
| 1992 | BA in Biology | University of California, Santa Cruz, California, USA |
Biography
Dr. Nomelíp Nuñez has completed his PhD in Pharmacology/Toxicology from Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA and has done his Masters in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Dr. Nomelíp Nuñez is currently working as Associate Professor of Nutrition in Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He is a clinical expert in Breast cancer, Obesity, Diabetes, Alcohol consumption. His research interests include Breast cancer. It is the second leading cause of cancer death among American women. Breast cancer risk is increased by both obesity and alcohol consumption. However, the mechanism of how these factors affect breast cancer development is not fully known. Dr. Nomelíp Nuñez ‘s laboratory at Georgia State University focuses on investigating how these risk factors influence breast cancer development with the ultimate goal of finding targets to prevent the effects of alcohol and obesity on breast cancer.
Research Interests
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Breast Cancer, The risk factors influencing breast cancer development (Obesity, Diabetes, Alcohol consumption)
Scientific Activities
Teaching Experience
| 2014-Present | Associate Professor, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| 2012-2014 | Consultant, Science Writer |
| 2005-2012 | Assistant Professor, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA |
| 2001-2005 | Cancer Prevention Fellow, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA |
| 2000-2001 | Post doctoral Research Associate, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA |
| 1999-2000 | Post doctoral Fellow, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA |
| 1993-1999 | Graduate Student Research Assistant, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA |
Professional Activities
| 2010-Present | Elected permanent member of the ACS Peer Review Committee for Carcinogenesis, Nutrition and the Environment |
| 2007-10 | Ad Hoc Grant Reviewer for the American Cancer Society(ACS), Committee for Carcinogenesis, Nutrition, and the Environment |
| 2006 | Member, Mechanisms of Action Working Group, “Considerations for Design of a Clinical Trial on Physical Activity, Weight Control, and Breast Cancer Risk, “National Cancer Institute” Bethesda, MD, USA |
| 2003 | Grant Reviewer for the Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities, National Cancer Institute, Special Population Networks initiative, Bethesda, MD, USA |
| 2003 | Member, Mentoring Committee, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA |
| 2003 | Membership Secretary for the NIH Fellows Committee, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA |
| 2003 | Member, Fellows Award for Research Excellence Committee, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA |
Honors & Awards
| 2008-2010 | The Katherine Ross Richards Centennial Fellowship in Nutrition |
| 2007-2008 | Teaching award, The Katherine Ross Richards Centennial Fellowship in Nutrition, Department of Human Ecology, The University of Texas, Austin, USA |
| 2001-2005 | Cancer Prevention Fellowship, Division of Cancer Prevention at NCI |
| 2004 | Cancer Prevention Research Training Merit Award from the Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Office of Preventive Oncology, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA |
| 2004 | Fellows Award for Research Excellence, for outstanding scientific research performance at the National Cancer Institute. The award is sponsored by the NIH Fellows Committee, the Scientific Directors, the Office of Research on Women's Health, and the NIH Office of Education |
| 1999-2000 | Post doctoral fellowship from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) |
| 1999 | Best poster presentation award at the1999 William R. Research EXPO, Veterinary and Medical Sciences Division, Washington State University. |
| 1999 | Minority Travel Fellowship Award from the American Physiological Society to attend the 1999 FASEB conference |
| 1999 | Travel Award from the American Association for Cancer Research |
| 1999 | AACR Minority Scholar in Cancer Research from the American Association for Cancer Research |
| 1998-1999 | Training Fellowship Award, through a training grant awarded to the College of Pharmacy at Washington State University (T32-AA-07557) |
| 1997 | Travel Fellowship from the Society of Toxicology |
| 1997 | Selected to present a poster during a special session at the 1997 annual Society of Toxicology (SOT) meeting |
| 1997 | Travel Award from the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS). One of six graduate students in the Biological Sciences Division invited to give an oral presentation |
| 1997 | Travel Award from the American society for biochemistry and molecular biology to present poster as an invited presenter. |
| 1997 | Travel Award from Alcohol and Immunology Research Group (AIRIG) to attend the Research Society on Alcoholism/International Society for Biomedical Research annual meeting and the Immunology Research satellite meeting |
| 1996 | Travel Award from the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS). One of six graduate students in the Biological Sciences Division invited to give an oral presentation |
| 1996 | Travel Award from Alcohol and Immunology Research Group (AIRIG) to attend the Research Society on Alcoholism/International Society for Biomedical Research annual meeting and the Immunology Research satellite meeting |
| 1994-1997 | Pre-doctoral Fellowship Award for underrepresented minorities from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). |
| 1993 | Travel Award from the American Physiological Society to attend the 1993 FASEB Meeting (undergraduate) |
| 1991-1992 | Undergraduate Research Fellowship, University of California, Santa Cruz. Minority Biological Research Program Fellowship for participation in research and training program (1991) and ongoing research during the 1991-1992 academic years |
| 1987 | Undergraduate Scholarships: American Legion Scholarship, Mexican-American Educators Scholarship, and Mexican-American Women Scholarship, Parlier high school, Parlier, California, USA |
Publications
- Nikki A. Ford, Nomeli P. Nunez, Valerie B. Holcomb, Stephen D. Hursting, IGF1 dependence of dietary energy balance effects on murine Met1 mammary tumor progression, epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, and chemokine expression Endocr. Relat. Cancer, 20(1), 39-51 (2013)
- Alison E. Harvey, Laura M. Lashinger, Glen Otto, Nomeli P. Nunez, Stephen D. Hursting, Decreased systemic IGF-1 in response to calorie restriction modulates murine tumor cell growth, nuclear factor-κ B activation, and inflammation-related gene expression Mol. Carcinog., 52(12), 997-1006 (2013)
- R. E. Stubbins, K. Najjar, V. B. Holcomb, J. Hong, N. P. Núñez, Oestrogen alters adipocyte biology and protects female mice from adipocyte inflammation and insulin resistance Diabetes Obes Metab, 14(1), 58-66 (2012)
- Amy W. Wong, Sarah M. Dunlap, Valerie B. Holcomb, Nomeli P. Nunez, Alcohol promotes mammary tumor development via the estrogen pathway in estrogen receptor alpha-negative HER2/neu mice Alcohol. Clin. Exp. Res., 36(4), 577-87 (2012)
- Kyoko Kushiro, Randy A. Chu, Akanksha Verma, Nomelí P. Núñez, Adipocytes Promote B16BL6 Melanoma Cell Invasion and the Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition Cancer Microenviron, 5(1), 73-82 (2012)
- Valerie B. Holcomb, Jina Hong, Nomelí P. Núñez, Exogenous estrogen protects mice from the consequences of obesity and alcohol Menopause, 19(6), 680-90 (2012)
- Renee E. Stubbins, Valerie B. Holcomb, Jina Hong, Nomelí P. Núñez, Estrogen modulates abdominal adiposity and protects female mice from obesity and impaired glucose tolerance Eur J Nutr, 51(7), 861-70 (2012)
- Renee E. Stubbins, Aisha Hakeem, Nomelí P. Núñez, Using components of the vitamin D pathway to prevent and treat colon cancer Nutr. Rev., 70(12), 721-9 (2012)
- Amy W. Wong, Qiwei X. Paulson, Jina Hong, Renee E. Stubbins, Karen Poh, Emily Schrader, Nomeli P. Nunez, Alcohol promotes breast cancer cell invasion by regulating the Nm23-ITGA5 pathway J. Exp. Clin. Cancer Res., 30, 75 (2011)
- Jina Hong, Valerie B. Holcomb, Kyoko Kushiro, Nomelí P. Núñez, Estrogen inhibits the effects of obesity and alcohol on mammary tumors and fatty liver Int. J. Oncol., 39(6), 1443-53 (2011)
- Kyoko Kushiro, Nomelí P. Núñez, Ob/ob serum promotes a mesenchymal cell phenotype in B16BL6 melanoma cells Clin. Exp. Metastasis, 28(8), 877-86 (2011)
- A. W. Wong, S. M. Smith, N. P. Nunez, Abstract 1088: Characterizing the effects of alcohol on the ER-alpha status of HER2 breast cancer Cancer Res., 71(8 Supplement), 1088-1088 (2011)
- K. Kushiro, N. P. Nunez, Abstract 970: Obesity promotes melanoma metastasis by modulating Snai1 and KiSS1 expression Cancer Res., 71(8 Supplement), 970-970 (2011)
