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
- Koh, Gar Yee (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33.3, Salcedo, Ramona (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33.3, Zhu, Jie (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %33.3. Supporting Undergraduates in Research to Gain Experience (SURGE) 2023, College of Applied Arts, Texas State University, $6000. (Funded: October 31, 2025 - Present). Grant.
- 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.
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Thornton, K., Pedone, E., Torress, L., Waltenbaugh, J., & Salcedo, R. (2025). Targeting iNAMPT to Break the Obesity-Associated Liver Cancer Link: An In Vitro and In Vivo Approach. Biomedicines.
- 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
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
Nutrition and Foods New Program Assessments
- Chair
Scholarship and Awards Committee
- Member
CoAA Council Committee
- Participant
CoAA Curriculum Committee
- Member
Research Learning Communities Grant
- Member
Dietetics Internship Admissions Reviewer