title: Toward a Modern Science of Obesity at Washington University: How We Do It and What is the Payoff?
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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: Graham A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Colditz
authors.affiliation: Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gehlert
authors.affiliation: Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. dbowen@uw.edu.
authors.forename: Deborah J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Bowen
authors.affiliation: Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Carson
authors.affiliation: Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: Peter S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Hovmand
authors.affiliation: Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: Jung Ae
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: Kelle H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Moley
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015980:Public Health Practice; D057170:Translational Research, Biomedical / Q000379:methods*; D014495:Universities; D014861:Washington