In the past decade, substantial evidence supports a relationship between obesity and increased
risk of a variety of cancers. NCI recently identified ‘How does obesity contribute to cancer risk?’
as one of the provocative questions developed to ‘inspire interested scientists to conceive new
approaches or feasible solutions….in key areas of cancer research that are deemed important
but have not received sufficient attention.” Funding from the Walther Foundation through a
partnership between the Purdue Center for Cancer Research and the Women’s Global Health
Institute is available for pilot funding of innovative projects to stimulate collaborations in this
important research area.
