Research / Clinical
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Cheryl Rock, PhD, RD
Professor, Family & Preventive Medicine
Cancer Prevention & Control Program
Contact by Email
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Diseases/Research Topics
Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Survivors, Cancer, Cancer Prevention, Diet, Nutrition, Obesity, Vitamin C, Vitamin D and Cancer Prevention, Weight Loss and Maintenance, Women's Health
Dr. Cheryl Rock is a professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine and the Cancer Prevention and Control Program, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine. Dr. Rock also leads the Nutrition Shared Resource of the Moores Cancer Center. She completed undergraduate training in nutrition and dietetics at Michigan State University, achieved a Master of Medical Science degree in clinical nutrition at Emory University, and was awarded her doctoral degree in nutritional sciences from the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health.
Dr. Rock’s primary research efforts are focused on the role of nutritional and dietary factors in the development and progression of cancer, particularly breast cancer, and weight management. Her research efforts address diet and weight management, and how diet, adiposity and physical activity affect risk and progression of cancer and other chronic diseases.
Dr. Rock is presently involved in randomized trials funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the American Cancer Society that are testing whether modifications in diet and level of physical activity can alter biological processes, hormonal factors, body weight, progression of cancer, and cardiovascular disease risk factors.
She has served on numerous NIH and USDA review panels and committees, and she currently serves on editorial boards for several peer-reviewed journals. Dr Rock is the author of more than 200 scientific papers and book chapters.
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