Leigh Greathouse

Assistant Professor
Family and Consumer Sciences
Baylor University
United States of America

Professor Nutrition
Biography

Dr. Leigh Greathouse is an Assistant Professor of Nutrition Sciences at Baylor University. Before coming to Baylor, Dr. Greathouse received her masters degree in exercise and sports nutrition from Texas Woman’s University. She went on to obtain a Ph.D. In molecular carcinogenesis at University of Texas and MD Anderson Cancer Center, where she studied the effects of early life exposure to dietary and environmental xenoestrogens on development of reproductive tract disease. Dr. Greathouse continued her research in cancer prevention at the National Cancer Institute, where she completed her masters in public health at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and postdoctoral fellowship in cancer prevention. While at the NCI, her research was focused on the impact of obesity and the microbiome on lung cancer risk. At Baylor, she continues this research where her laboratory focuses on understanding how the relationship between diet, obesity and the microbiome impact risk for colon cancer.

Research Intrest

diet, obesity and the microbiome, and their impact on risk of colon cancer

List of Publications
K.L. Greathouse, K.L., J.D. Cook, K. Lin, B.J. Davis, T. Berry, T. Bredfeldt, C.L.Walker. Identification of uterine leiomyoma genes developmentally reprogrammed by neonatal exposure to diethylstilbestrol. Reproductive Sciences. 2008 Oct; 15(8): 765-778.
Bredfeldt, T.G, Greathouse, K.L., Berry, T.D., Hensley, S., Safe, S.H., Hung, M.C., Bedford, M.T., Walker, C.L. Non-Genomic estrogen receptor signaling modulates EZH2. Molecular Endocrinology 2010 24, 5:993-1006.
K. Leigh Greathouse, Jamie Chriqui, Richard P. Moser, Tanya Agurs-Collins, Frank M. Perna. The Association of Soda Sales Tax and School-Nutrition Law: A Concordance of Policies. Public Health Nutrition. 2013 Nov 14:1-6.