Toward a Modern Science of Obesity at Washington University: How We Do It and What is the Payoff?

Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2016 Jul;9(7):503-8. doi: 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-15-0060. Epub 2016 Apr 8.

Abstract

In our Cancer Prevention Program at Washington University in Saint Louis (WUSTL), we have made extraordinary efforts to create the kind of cancer prevention and control program that is both translational and transdisciplinary in nature, to accelerate the march from basic discoveries to population change. Here we present an overview of our obesity-related research currently ongoing in our Center, paying particular attention to both the translational- transdisciplinary process and to community-based participatory research. We end with our future directions for improving obesity-related cancer outcomes research. Cancer Prev Res; 9(7); 503-8. ©2016 AACR.

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Neoplasms / etiology
  • Neoplasms / prevention & control*
  • Obesity / complications
  • Obesity / prevention & control*
  • Public Health Practice*
  • Translational Research, Biomedical / methods*
  • Universities
  • Washington