Silvia Stan, Ph.D.

Research Interests

Dr. Stan’s laboratory seeks to elucidate how food bioactive compounds, whole foods, and the gut microbiome influence cancer risk and to translate these insights into precision nutrition strategies for preventing pancreatic and breast cancers through a Food as Medicine approach.

Food as Medicine is an increasingly relevant approach to chronic disease prevention.

Background

Stan came to Texas Tech from the University of Nevada, Reno, where she served as a research associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biotechnology and as an assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition. She earned a doctorate in food science and technology, with a minor in biochemistry and biophysics, from Oregon State University. She also completed postdoctoral research in pharmacology and cancer prevention at the University of Pittsburgh’s Cancer Institute and School of Medicine.

Stan's scholarly work has earned national recognition. She has chaired the Diet & Cancer Research Interest Section of the American Society for Nutrition and served as an NIH grant reviewer on Cancer Prevention and Cancer Immunoprevention study sections. Stan is a member of the American Association for Cancer Research, the American Society for Nutrition and the Institute of Food Technologists.