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Shengmin Sang

Shengmin Sang, PhD, is a UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center member who specializes in researching food as medicine by identifying bioactive components from functional foods and herbal medicine, investigating their bioavailability and biotransformation in cells, animals, and humans, and exploring their beneficial effects on gut health using in vitro and in vivo models, as well as human trials.

PhD
Distinguished Professor, Family and Consumer Sciences
North Carolina A&T/NC Research Campus
Molecular Therapeutics

Area of Interest

My lab specializes in researching food as medicine by identifying bioactive components from functional foods and herbal medicine, investigating their bioavailability and biotransformation in cells, animals, and humans, and exploring their beneficial effects on gut health using in vitro and in vivo models, as well as human trials. Additionally, we are using metabolomic approaches to identify biomarkers for cancer prevention.

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Awards and Honors

  • Advancement of Application of Agricultural and Food Chemistry Award, ACS Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2022
  • Senior Researcher Award, North Carolina A&T State University, 2018
  • Innovation for Impact Grand Prize, North Carolina Biotechnology Center/SoBran Bioscience, 2017
  • Fellow Award, ACS Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2011
  • Matthew Suffness Young Investigator Award, The American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP), 2009
  • Young Scientist Award, ACS Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2007
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