Fred Kinyuy Tabung, PhD, MSPH
Academic Title: Assistant Professor in the College of Medicine
Research Program: Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention
About Me
More info forI am an assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at Ohio State and a member of the Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention Program at the OSUCCC – James, where my research focuses on the role of diet and lifestyle in cancer risk and survival, specifically among patients with gastrointestinal cancers.
I am interested in integrating novel dietary patterns, biomarkers (of inflammation and insulin response) and metabolomics and microbiome data to comprehensively investigate and identify potential biological pathways linking dietary patterns and cancer outcomes. The major goal is to identify novel biomarkers for cancer prevention and control.
Before joining Ohio State, I received a five-year research grant from the National Cancer Institute to study pro-inflammatory and hyper-insulinemic dietary patterns and their relation to colorectal cancer risk.
I have co-authored many articles in peer-reviewed publications such as JAMA Oncology, American Journal of Epidemiology, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, International Journal of Cancer and Gastroenterology.
Education & Training
More info forDoctorate - PhD
- Univesity of South Carolina - Arnold School of Public Health
Columbia, SC
USA
Master's Degree - MSPH
- Univesity of South Carolnia - Arnold School of Public Health
Columbia, SC
USA
Fellowship - Fellowship
- Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Yerby Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Boston, MA
USA
- Univesity of South Carolina - Arnold School of Public Health
Academic Office & Contact Information
More info forAcademic Office:
Comprehensive Cancer Center 0302B
410 W 12th Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1214Phone:
614-293-7398Email:
Fred.Tabung@osumc.eduPublications
More info forOctober 28, 2024Novel metabolomic predictors of incident colorectal cancer in men and women.
J Natl Cancer Inst
September 20, 2024Dietary and lifestyle insulinemic potentials, plasma metabolome, and risk of diverticulitis: a prospective cohort study.
Ha J, Wu Y, Lee DH, Tabung FK, Giovannucci EL, Strate LL, Ma W, Chan AT
Am J Clin Nutr
September 12, 2024Association Between Inflammatory Dietary Pattern and Mammographic Features.
Azam S, Asad S, Chitnis SD, Collier KA, Kensler KH, Sudheendra P, Pariser A, Romanos-Nanclares A, Eliassen AH, Sardesai S, Heine J, Tabung FK, Tamimi RM, Stover DG
J Nutr
September 6, 2024Diabetes risk reduction diet and risk of liver cancer and chronic liver disease mortality: A prospective cohort study.
Chen Y, Zhao L, Jung SY, Pichardo MS, Lopez-Pentecost M, Rohan TE, Saquib N, Sun Y, Tabung FK, Zheng T, Wactawski-Wende J, Manson JE, Neuhouser ML, Zhang X
J Intern Med
August 20, 2024Metabolite Predictors of Breast and Colorectal Cancer Risk in the Women's Health Initiative.
Navarro SL, Williamson BD, Huang Y, Nagana Gowda GA, Raftery D, Tinker LF, Zheng C, Beresford SAA, Purcell H, Djukovic D, Gu H, Strickler HD, Tabung FK, Prentice RL, Neuhouser ML, Lampe JW
Metabolites
June 8, 2024An Improved Assessment Method to Estimate (Poly)phenol Intake in Adults with Chronic Pancreatitis.
Siprelle K, Kennedy AJ, Hill EB, Hinton A, Shi N, Madril P, Grainger E, Taylor C, Nahikian-Nelms M, Spees C, Tabung FK, Hart PA, Roberts KM
Dig Dis Sci
May 31, 2024Developing and evaluating the construct validity of a dietary pattern predictive of plasma TMAO and choline.
Burns KF, LaMonte MJ, Blair RH, Tabung FK, Rexrode KM, Snetselaar LG, Millen AE
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis
May 25, 2024High-quality fruit and vegetable characterized by cardiometabolic biomarkers and its relation to major chronic disease risk: results from three prospective US cohort studies.
Zhang Y, Tabung FK, Smith-Warner SA, Giovannucci E
Am J Clin Nutr
May 8, 2024Identifying modifiable risk factors to prevent aggressive colorectal cancer.
Wang P, Song M, Eliassen AH, Wang M, Chan AT, Meyerhardt JA, Tabung FK, Zhang X, Ugai T, Ogino S, Giovannucci EL
Int J Cancer
April 24, 2024Dietary inflammatory pattern and risk of hip fracture in the Nurses' Health Study.
Dahl J, Meyer HE, Tabung FK, Willett WC, Holvik K, Fung TT
Arch Osteoporos
March 7, 2024Author Correction: Optimal dietary patterns for prevention of chronic disease.
Wang P, Song M, Eliassen AH, Wang M, Fung TT, Clinton SK, Rimm EB, Hu FB, Willett WC, Tabung FK, Giovannucci EL
Nat Med
March 1, 2024Healthy dietary patterns and risk of prostate cancer in men at high genetic risk.
Zhang Y, Stopsack KH, Song M, Mucci LA, Liu B, Penney KL, Tabung FK, Giovannucci E, Plym A
Int J Cancer
March 1, 2024Metabolomic signatures of inflammation and metabolic dysregulation in relation to colorectal cancer risk.
Bever AM, Hang D, Lee DH, Tabung FK, Ugai T, Ogino S, Meyerhardt JA, Chan AT, Eliassen AH, Liang L, Stampfer MJ, Song M
J Natl Cancer Inst
October 28, 2023Associations of dietary patterns with kidney cancer risk, kidney cancer-specific mortality and all-cause mortality among postmenopausal women.
Jin Q, Gheeya J, Nepal S, Shi N, Folefac E, Webb MZ, Grainger EM, Wei L, Prosek JM, Focht BC, Gong M, Clinton SK, Tabung FK
Br J Cancer
August 9, 2023Sex-specific associations between adiponectin and leptin signaling and pancreatic cancer survival.
Babic A, Wang QL, Lee AA, Yuan C, Rifai N, Luo J, Tabung FK, Shadyab A, Wactawski-Wende J, Saquib N, Kim J, Kraft P, Sesso HD, Buring JE, Giovannucci EL, Manson JE, Stampfer MJ, Ng K, Fuchs CS, Wolpin BM
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
August 8, 2023Sugar-Sweetened and Artificially Sweetened Beverages and Risk of Liver Cancer and Chronic Liver Disease Mortality.
Zhao L, Zhang X, Coday M, Garcia DO, Li X, Mossavar-Rahmani Y, Naughton MJ, Lopez-Pentecost M, Saquib N, Shadyab AH, Simon MS, Snetselaar LG, Tabung FK, Tobias DK, VoPham T, McGlynn KA, Sesso HD, Giovannucci E, Manson JE, Hu FB, Tinker LF, Zhang X
JAMA
June 12, 2023Dietary Inflammatory and Insulinemic Potentials, Plasma Metabolome and Risk of Colorectal Cancer.
Lee DH, Jin Q, Shi N, Wang F, Bever AM, Li J, Liang L, Hu FB, Song M, Zeleznik OA, Zhang X, Joshi A, Wu K, Jeon JY, Meyerhardt JA, Chan AT, Eliassen AH, Clish CB, Clinton SK, Giovannucci EL, Tabung FK
Metabolites
April 3, 2023Demographic, Health and Lifestyle Factors Associated with the Metabolome in Older Women.
Navarro SL, Nagana Gowda GA, Bettcher LF, Pepin R, Nguyen N, Ellenberger M, Zheng C, Tinker LF, Prentice RL, Huang Y, Yang T, Tabung FK, Chan Q, Loo RL, Liu S, Wactawski-Wende J, Lampe JW, Neuhouser ML, Raftery D
Metabolites
March 21, 2023Dietary inflammatory and insulinemic potential, risk of hepatocellular carcinoma and chronic liver disease mortality.
Long L, Liu X, Petrick J, Liu W, Lee JK, Liao L, Lai MJ, Yang W, Libermann TA, Roberts LR, McGlynn KA, Tabung FK, Zhang X
JNCI Cancer Spectr
March 14, 2023Hyperinsulinemic and Pro-Inflammatory Dietary Patterns and Metabolomic Profiles Are Associated with Increased Risk of Total and Site-Specific Cancers among Postmenopausal Women.
Jin Q, Shi N, Lee DH, Rexrode KM, Manson JE, Balasubramanian R, Zhang X, Neuhouser ML, Lopez-Pentecost M, Thomson CA, Zick SM, Felix AS, Stover DG, Sardesai SD, Esnakula A, Mo X, Clinton SK, Tabung FK
Cancers (Basel)
March 13, 2023Optimal dietary patterns for prevention of chronic disease.
Wang P, Song M, Eliassen AH, Wang M, Fung TT, Clinton SK, Rimm EB, Hu FB, Willett WC, Tabung FK, Giovannucci EL
Nat Med
March 8, 2023Nutrition and Immunity: Perspectives on Key Issues and Next Steps.
Dunbar C, Aukema HM, Calder PC, Gibson DL, Henrickson SE, Khan S, Mailhot G, Panahi S, Tabung FK, Tom M, Upton JEM, Winer DA, Field CJ
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab
January 9, 2023Healthy Eating Patterns and Risk of Total and Cause-Specific Mortality.
Shan Z, Wang F, Li Y, Baden MY, Bhupathiraju SN, Wang DD, Sun Q, Rexrode KM, Rimm EB, Qi L, Tabung FK, Giovannucci EL, Willett WC, Manson JE, Qi Q, Hu FB
JAMA Intern Med
January 1, 2023Chemotherapy for the initial treatment of metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma and neuroendocrine carcinoma at diagnosis: real world application and impact in the SEER database (2004 -2018).
Wang S, Yin M, Wang P, Folefac E, Monk JP, Tabung FK, Clinton SK
Front Oncol
December 19, 2022Comparison of the ketogenic ratio of macronutrients with the low-carbohydrate diet score and their association with risk of type 2 diabetes in postmenopausal women: A secondary analysis of the women's health initiative.
Titcomb TJ, Liu B, Wahls TL, Snetselaar LG, Shadyab AH, Tabung FK, Saquib N, Arcan C, Tinker LF, Wallace RB, Bao W
J Acad Nutr Diet
December 14, 2022Inflammatory and insulinemic dietary patterns and risk of endometrial cancer among US women.
Romanos-Nanclares A, Tabung FK, Sinnott JA, Trabert B, De Vivo I, Playdon MC, Eliassen AH
J Natl Cancer Inst
November 21, 2022Long-term Weight Training and Mortality in U.S. Male Health Professionals With and Without Type 2 Diabetes.
Lee DH, Luo X, Rezende LFM, Joh HK, Keum N, Rimm EB, Tabung FK, Zhang X, Giovannucci EL
Diabetes Care
November 14, 2022Association of body mass index and inflammatory dietary pattern with breast cancer pathologic and genomic immunophenotype in the nurses' health study.
Asad S, Damicis A, Heng YJ, Kananen K, Collier KA, Adams EJ, Kensler KH, Baker GM, Wesolowski R, Sardesai S, Gatti-Mays M, Ramaswamy B, Eliassen AH, Hankinson SE, Tabung FK, Tamimi RM, Stover DG
Breast Cancer Res
September 30, 2022Insulinemic potential of diet and risk of total and subtypes of breast cancer among US females.
Romanos-Nanclares A, Tabung FK, Willett WC, Rosner B, Holmes MD, Chen WY, Tamimi RM, Eliassen AH
Am J Clin Nutr
July 25, 2022Long-Term Leisure-Time Physical Activity Intensity and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality: A Prospective Cohort of US Adults.
Lee DH, Rezende LFM, Joh HK, Keum N, Ferrari G, Rey-Lopez JP, Rimm EB, Tabung FK, Giovannucci EL
Circulation
June 30, 2022Body Mass Index Is Inversely Associated with Risk of Postmenopausal Interval Breast Cancer: Results from the Women's Health Initiative.
Zhang Z, Curran G, Shannon J, Velie EM, Irvin VL, Manson JE, Simon MS, Altinok Dindar D, Pyle C, Schedin P, Tabung FK
Cancers (Basel)
June 29, 2022Post-diagnostic Inflammatory, Hyperinsulinemic, and Insulin Resistant Diets and Lifestyles and the Risk of Prostate Cancer Progression and Mortality.
Langlais CS, Graff RE, Van Blarigan EL, Kenfield SA, Neuhaus J, Tabung FK, Cowan JE, Broering JM, Carroll P, Chan JM
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
April 30, 2022Proinflammatory diet is associated with increased risk of fecal incontinence among older women: prospective results from the Nurses' Health Study.
Yang K, Tabung FK, Whitehead WE, Giovannucci EL, Chan AT, Staller K
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol
April 26, 2022Diet-Driven Inflammation and Insulinemia and Risk of Interval Breast Cancer.
Zhang Z, Tabung FK, Jin Q, Curran G, Irvin VL, Shannon J, Velie EM, Manson JE, Simon MS, Vitolins M, Valencia CI, Snetselaar L, Jindal S, Schedin P
Nutr Cancer
April 14, 2022Association of animal and plant protein intakes with biomarkers of insulin and insulin-like growth factor axis.
Lee DH, Tabung FK, Giovannucci EL
Clin Nutr
March 2, 2022Healthy lifestyle index and risk of pancreatic cancer in the Women's Health Initiative.
Peila R, Coday M, Crane TE, Saquib N, Shadyab AH, Tabung FK, Zhang X, Wactawski-Wende J, Rohan TE
Cancer Causes Control
January 1, 2022Utility of machine learning in developing a predictive model for early-age-onset colorectal neoplasia using electronic health records.
Hussan H, Zhao J, Badu-Tawiah AK, Stanich P, Tabung F, Gray D, Ma Q, Kalady M, Clinton SK
PLoS One
December 9, 2021Analgesic use and circulating estrogens, androgens, and their metabolites in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study.
Hurwitz LM, Shadyab AH, Tabung FK, Anderson GL, Saquib N, Wallace RB, Wild RA, Pfeiffer RM, Xu X, Trabert B
Cancer Prev Res (Phila)
July 16, 2021Adherence to the World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research cancer prevention recommendations and colorectal cancer survival.
Song R, Petimar J, Wang M, Tabung FK, Song M, Liu L, Lee DH, Giovannucci EL, Zhang X, Smith-Warner SA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
June 29, 2021Low-fat dietary modification and risk of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast in the Women's Health Initiative Dietary Modification trial.
Peila R, Chlebowski R, Manson JE, Crane TE, Lane DS, Saquib N, Shadyab AH, Tabung FK, Barac A, Zhang Z, Pan K, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Rohan TE
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
April 7, 2021Dietary Patterns of Insulinemia, Inflammation and Glycemia and Pancreatic Cancer Risk: Findings from the Women's Health Initiative.
Jin Q, Hart PA, Shi N, Joseph JJ, Donneyong M, Conwell DL, Clinton SK, Cruz-Monserrate Z, Brasky TM, Tinker LF, Liu S, Shadyab AH, Thomson CA, Qi L, Rohan TE, Tabung FK
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
March 19, 2021Prediagnostic Inflammation and Pancreatic Cancer Survival.
Yuan C, Morales-Oyarvide V, Khalaf N, Perez K, Tabung FK, Ho GYF, Kooperberg C, Shadyab AH, Qi L, Kraft P, Sesso HD, Giovannucci EL, Manson JE, Stampfer MJ, Ng K, Fuchs CS, Wolpin BM, Babic A
J Natl Cancer Inst
March 19, 2021Simple sugar and sugar-sweetened beverage intake during adolescence and risk of colorectal cancer precursors: Adolescent sugar intake and colorectal polyp.
Joh HK, Lee DH, Hur J, Nimptsch K, Chang Y, Joung H, Zhang X, Rezende LFM, Lee JE, Ng K, Chen Y, Tabung FK, Meyerhardt JA, Chan AT, Pischon T, Song M, Fuchs CS, Willett WC, Cao Y, Ogino S, Giovannucci E, Wu K
Gastroenterology
January 29, 2021Association of Inflammatory and Insulinemic Potential of Diet and Lifestyle with Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
Yang W, Sui J, Zhao L, Ma Y, Tabung FK, Simon TG, Lee DH, Zeng X, Nguyen LH, Meyerhardt JA, Chan AT, Giovannucci EL, Zhang X
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
January 6, 2021Insulinemic and Inflammatory Dietary Patterns and Risk of Prostate Cancer.
Fu BC, Tabung FK, Pernar CH, Wang W, Gonzalez-Feliciano AG, Chowdhury-Paulino IM, Clinton SK, Folefac E, Song M, Kibel AS, Giovannucci EL, Mucci LA
Eur Urol
January 1, 2021Proinflammatory and Hyperinsulinemic Dietary Patterns Are Associated With Specific Profiles of Biomarkers Predictive of Chronic Inflammation, Glucose-Insulin Dysregulation, and Dyslipidemia in Postmenopausal Women.
Shi N, Aroke D, Jin Q, Lee DH, Hussan H, Zhang X, Manson JE, LeBlanc ES, Barac A, Arcan C, Clinton SK, Giovannucci EL, Tabung FK
Front Nutr
September 16, 2020Incident Type 2 Diabetes Duration and Cancer Risk: A Prospective Study in Two US Cohorts.
Hu Y, Zhang X, Ma Y, Yuan C, Wang M, Wu K, Tabung FK, Tobias D, Hu FB, Giovannucci E, Song M
J Natl Cancer Inst
August 27, 2020Post-diagnosis dietary insulinemic potential and survival outcomes among colorectal cancer patients.
Tabung FK, Noonan A, Lee DH, Song M, Clinton SK, Spakowicz D, Wu K, Cheng E, Meyerhardt JA, Fuchs CS, Giovannucci EL
BMC Cancer
July 12, 2020Inflammatory and Insulinemic Dietary Patterns: Influence on Circulating Biomarkers and Prostate Cancer Risk.
Aroke D, Folefac E, Shi N, Jin Q, Clinton SK, Tabung FK
Cancer Prev Res (Phila)
June 16, 2020Association between yogurt consumption and plasma soluble CD14 in two prospective cohorts of US adults.
Luo X, Sui J, Birmann BM, Ivey KL, Tabung FK, Wu Y, Yang W, Wu K, Ogino S, Liu H, Giovannucci EL, Zhang X
Eur J Nutr
June 1, 2020Comparison of Mortality Among Participants of Women's Health Initiative Trials With Screening-Detected Breast Cancers vs Interval Breast Cancers.
Irvin VL, Zhang Z, Simon MS, Chlebowski RT, Luoh SW, Shadyab AH, Krok-Schoen JL, Tabung FK, Qi L, Stefanick ML, Schedin P, Jindal S
JAMA Netw Open
May 7, 2020Dietary Inflammatory Potential and Risk of Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.
Lo CH, Lochhead P, Khalili H, Song M, Tabung FK, Burke KE, Richter JM, Giovannucci EL, Chan AT, Ananthakrishnan AN
Gastroenterology
April 29, 2020Validation and adaptation of the empirical dietary inflammatory pattern across nations: A test case.
Norde MM, Tabung FK, Giovannucci EL, Fisberg RM, Rogero MM
Nutrition