This Master's study examines dietary changes among Hispanic breast cancer survivors, highlighting disparities in diet quality and survivorship outcomes. Surveying 411 women in Florida, researchers found many reported eating less—often due to treatment side effects—and only 60% met fruit and vegetable recommendations. Findings support integrating dietitians and nutrition education into oncology care.

This research isolates and characterizes new flavonoids from Colona leonei with promising anti-cancer properties. These compounds selectively target cancer cells while sparing healthy ones. Upcoming tests will assess their effectiveness on cancer cell lines. The work also highlights preventive benefits of flavonoid-rich foods and frames cancer as a global, personal, and societal challenge.

Bowel cancer kills thousands each year, and current stool-based screening misses many cases. This PhD develops a new non-invasive method that analyzes human cells shed into stool, aiming to detect normal, pre-cancerous, and cancerous changes more accurately. The goal is a more reliable, higher-participation screening tool that could replace the existing national test.