Grant backs study of cancer-obesity link
The Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has been awarded a five-year, $10 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for a new research center to study the relationship between obesity and cancer. The center is part of a new multicenter cooperative research initiative, called Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer (TREC), announced June 28 by the NCI. Frank Hu, professor of nutrition and epidemiology at HSPH and co-director of the Program in Obesity Epidemiology and Prevention, is the principal investigator for the Harvard TREC Center. The Harvard TREC Center is one of four research centers awarded $45 million over five years. The others are the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; the University of California, San Diego; and Washington University, St. Louis. The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, in Seattle, is the TREC Coordinating Center. The TREC centers will integrate the study of diet, weight, and physical activity and their effects on...