Biography and education
Ramona Salcedo Price is an Associate Professor of Nutrition at Texas State University. Dr. Price earned her B.S. in Dietetics and a Ph.D. in Nutritional Sciences from The University of Texas at Austin. Thereafter, she was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship at The University of Texas at Austin to continue her research on dissecting the obesity-cancer link through epigenetic regulation.
Dr. Price’s research focuses on the impact of obesity-associated inflammation on prostate and liver cancer. Her research includes 1) investigating the role of calcium sensing receptor, inflammation, and prostate cancer 2) obesity-associated hormones, and liver cancer development and progression 3) energetics and liver cancer. Understanding these relationships is critical due to the higher incidence rates of obesity and cancer among individuals in Central and South Texas. The goal of this pre-clinical research is to optimize nutritional strategies to reverse the impact of obesity on cancer progression.
Dr. Price welcomes collaborations related to obesity and cancer progression and seeks opportunities to bridge the bench-to-bedside translation research gap.
Dr. Price’s research focuses on the impact of obesity-associated inflammation on prostate and liver cancer. Her research includes 1) investigating the role of calcium sensing receptor, inflammation, and prostate cancer 2) obesity-associated hormones, and liver cancer development and progression 3) energetics and liver cancer. Understanding these relationships is critical due to the higher incidence rates of obesity and cancer among individuals in Central and South Texas. The goal of this pre-clinical research is to optimize nutritional strategies to reverse the impact of obesity on cancer progression.
Dr. Price welcomes collaborations related to obesity and cancer progression and seeks opportunities to bridge the bench-to-bedside translation research gap.
Featured grants
- Zhu, Jie (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33.3, Koh, Gar Yee (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33.3, Salcedo, Ramona (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33.3. Supporting Undergraduates in Research to Gain Experience (SURGE) 2023, College of Applied Arts, Texas State University, $6000. (Funded: August 31, 2023 - June 1, 2024). Grant.
- Salcedo, Ramona. Targeting Visfatin-induced PAK4 Signaling to Break the Obesity-liver Cancer Link, Texas State University, Institutional (Higher Ed), $8000. (Submitted: October 2, 2022, Funded: January 2023 - Present). Grant.
- Koh, Gar Yee (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33.3, Zhu, Jie (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33.3, Salcedo Price, Ramona (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33.3. Supporting Undergraduates in Research to Gain Experience (SURGE) 2022, College of Applied Arts, Texas State University, $6000. (Funded: August 12, 2022 - June 1, 2023). Grant.
- Koh, Gar Yee (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33.3, Zhu, Jie (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33.3, Salcedo-Price, Ramona (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33.3. Supporting Undergraduates in Research to Gain Experience (SURGE) 2021, College of Applied Arts, Texas State University, $6000. (Submitted: June 16, 2021, Funded: August 1, 2021 - June 30, 2022). Grant.
- Price, R S. Dietary Intervention to Reverse the Impact of Obesity on Liver Cancer, Texas State University, $7995. (Submitted: October 2019, Funded: January 2020 - Present). Grant.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Miethe, C., Torres, L., Raign, K., Zamora, M., & Price, R. S. (2023). The Differential Role of Resistin on Invasive Liver Cancer Cells. Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation.
- Sherman, B., Calderon, E., Padilla, V., & Price, R. S. (2023). Characterizing the Role of Calcium Sensing Receptor in the Progression of Obesity-mediated Aggressive Prostate Cancer Phenotype. Nutrition and Cancer.
- Miethe, C., Zamora, M., Torres, L., & Price, R. S. (2021). Inhibition of PI3K and ERK Signaling Decreases Visfatin-induced Invasion in Liver Cancer Cells. Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation.
- Olivas, A., & Price, R. S. (2020). Obesity, Inflammation, and Advanced Prostate Cancer. Nutrition and Cancer. https://doi.org/10.1080/01635581.2020.1856889
- Miethe, C., Zamora, M., & Price, R. S. (2020). The Role of Visfatin and Resistin in an In Vitro Model of Obesity-Induced Invasive Liver Cancer. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjpp-2020-0377
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Excellence in Teaching, Texas State University. August 24, 2018
- Award / Honor Recipient: Keystone Symposia Inflammation and Carcinogenesis Scholar award. 2012
- Award / Honor Recipient: Department Travel Grant, The University of Texas at Austin. January 2008 - January 2012
- Award / Honor Recipient: AACR Annual Meeting Scholar Award. 2011
- Award / Honor Recipient: Isora and Thomas Cook Endowed Human Ecology, Department. 2010
Featured service activities
- Member
Dietetics Internship Admissions Reviewer
- Member
Nutrition and Foods Leads Committee
- Member
Personnel Committee
- Co-Chair
Voter Registration and Civic Engagement Committee
- Co-Chair
Graduate Admissions Committee
- Graduate Advisor
MS in Human Nutrition