The Mark Foundation Announces 2023 Endeavor Awards; $12 Million in Grants for Collaborative Cancer Research Projects. Link HERE
UTHSC Cancer Researcher Part of $3 Million Collaborative Project Studying Obesity-Related Cancer Link HERE
The Mark Foundation Announces 2023 Endeavor Awards; $12 Million in Grants for Collaborative Cancer Research Projects. Link HERE
Medicine Grand Rounds presented by UTHSC’s Dr. Liza Makowski “Obesity, Bariatric Surgery, and Immunotherapy in Breast Cancer” WEDNESDAY, May 17, 2023. Link HERE
Liza Makowski awarded U01 as part of NCI’s Metabolic Dysregulation and Cancer Risk Program: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Obesity-Associated Cancer Research through the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences. Link HERE
UTHSC-Led Team Receives $5.2 Million for Study of Link Between Obesity, Cancer Link HERE
“Cutting the risk of cancer” ELife Magazine Digest commentary on Sipe et al. Link HERE
UTHSC Team Receives $2 Million For Breast Cancer Genetics Research. Link HERE
UTHSC Researchers Makowski and Pierre Collaborate on $2 Million Grant To Study Immune System and Triple Negative Breast Cancer Link HERE
New Study Highlighting the Role of Sugar Metabolism in Heart Disease, Obesity. Link HERE
Dr. Makowski was quoted in a Nature Medicine article entitled “What models eat” by Daniel Engber.Link HERE
Makowski Lab just published new findings showing that metabolic reprogramming of macrophages can affect the inflammatory response in obesity. Link HERE
Makowski lab has recently published two manuscripts examining mechanisms underlying obesity’s link to breast cancer. Link HERE
Study in mice finds weight loss reduces progression of basal-like breast cancer. Link HERE
Vickie Bae-Jump and Liza Makowski report that obesity may be a modifiable risk factor for ovarian cancer. Link HERE
Makowski lab published manuscript in JBC on GLUT1-mediated metabolic reprogramming of macrophages and inflammation. Link HERE
Basal-like breast cancer study collaboration between UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center featured on the National Cancer Institute website. Link HERE
Makowski lab reports that obesity is found to be major risk factor in developing basal-like breast cancer. Link HERE
NCI Provocative Questions grants awarded to three at UNC Lineberger. Link HERE.
Mary Kay and AHA grants to fund Makowski’s research on obesity and cancer. Link HERE.
Research lead by Dr. Liza Makowski shows that eating processed junk foods regularly is the highest cause of tissue inflammation. Published in the online journal PLOS ONE (June 12, 2012) Link HERE.
Dr. Liza Makowski, Assistant Professor of Nutrition, was quoted in Carolina Parent in an article “Stop Shortchanging Your Health” Link HERE
Press release for PLoS ONE paper (Sampey et al.) 6/25/2012. Links HERE and HERE
Dr. Makowski was heard on NPR WUNC All Things Considered (6/28/2012) and during Morning Edition (6/29/2012) for her work examining the role of junk food-induced alterations in metabolism and inflammation. Links HERE and HERE
Press release for PNAS manuscript on metabolism of non-Hodgkin lymphoma cells (Bhatt et al.) 7/6/2012. Link HERE
Sampey et al. PLoS One manuscript discussed in the ASPH Friday Letter July 06, 2012. Link HERE
DOD grant award was announced in the ASPH Friday Letter July 13,2012. Link HERE
Junk-Food Diets. Link HERE
WCHL Cafeteria Diet. Link HERE
WCHL Breast Cancer Study. Link HERE
The Daily Tar Heel Breast Cancer research. Link HERE
SPH Magazine p.26 Link HERE
Snack Girl.com. Link HERE
ASPH Friday Letter Cafeteria Diet. Link HERE
ASPH Friday Letter Breast Cancer. Link HERE
Makowski Lab Spotlight. Link HERE
Liza Makowski Faculty Introduction- UNC Student News, Interview by Yulia Koltun, MPH student. Link HERE
UNC team reports link between protein overexpression and head and neck cancer outcomes. Link HERE