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Hwayoung NOH PhD in Nutrition

Course and current status

Education

• Ph.D. (2013): Department of Food and Nutrition, Seoul National University, Korea
  Thesis: The relationship among zinc nutritional status, αENaC A663T gene polymorphism and salty taste acuity in Korean young adults (Advisor: Prof. Hee Young Paik)

• M.Sc. (2008): Department of Food and Nutrition, Seoul National University, Korea
  Thesis: Associations of long-term dietary patterns with changes in body composition in Korean early adolescent girls (Advisor: Prof. Hee Young Paik)

• B.S.(2006): Department of Food and Nutrition, Seoul National University, Korea
  Graduated with honors

Professional Experiences

• Oct.2020~Present: Researcher in Nutritional Epidemiology, Department of Cancer Prevention and Environment, INSERM U1296: Radiation Defense, Health, Environment, Centre Léon Bérard (CLB), Lyon, France

• Feb.2020~Sep.2020: Assistant Researcher, Department of Cancer Prevention and Environment, Centre Léon Bérard (CLB), Lyon, France

• Jul. 2016~Dec. 2019: Postdoctoral Scientist, Nutritional Methodology and Biostatistics Group, Nutrition and Metabolism Section, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) – World Health Organization (WHO), Lyon, France

• Jan.2014~Jun.2016: Postdoctoral Scientist, Dietary Exposure Assessment Group, Nutrition and Metabolism Section, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) – World Health Organization (WHO), Lyon, France

Main Publications (last 3 years) 

1)   Noh H, Lee J, Seyed Khoei N, Peruchet-Noray L, Kang D, Fervers B, Wagner KH, Shin A, Freisling H. Serum bilirubin levels and risk of colorectal cancer in Korean adults: results from the Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study-Health Examinee (KoGES-HEXA) Cohort Study. Br J Cancer. 2024 Nov;131(10):1635-1643. doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02847-9. Epub 2024 Oct 8 

2) Lee Y, Noh H† , Lee S. Association of a dietary pattern related to serum vitamin D levels with metabolic syndrome risk among Korean adults: based on the Korean national health and nutrition examination survey, Eur J Nutr 2024 Oct;63(7):2767-2778. doi: 10.1007/s00394-024-03463-2. Epub 2024 Jul 24. †Corresponding autho  

3) Mercoeur B, Fervers B, Coudon T, Noh H, Giampiccolo C, Grassot L, Faure E, Couvidat F, Severi G, Mancini FR, Roy P, Praud D, Amadou A. Exposure to air pollutants and breast cancer risk: mediating effects of metabolic health biomarkers in a nested case-control study within the E3N-Generations cohort, Breast Cancer Res. 2024 Nov 15;26(1):159. doi: 10.1186/s13058-024-01913-7.

4) Amadou A, Freisling H, Sedlmeier AM, Bohmann P, Fontvieille E, Weber A, Konzok J, Stein MJ, Peruchet-Noray L, Jansana A, Noh H, His M, Gan Q, Baurecht H, Fervers B. Multi-Trait Body Shape Phenotypes and Breast Cancer Risk in Postmenopausal Women: A Causal Mediation Analysis in the UK Biobank Cohort, Epidemiol Glob Health. 2024 Jun;14(2):420-432. doi: 10.1007/s44197-024- 00226-4. Epub 2024 Apr 10.

5) Noh H, Anota A, Mongondry R, Meyrand R, Dupuis C, Schiffler C, Marijnen P, Rinaldi S, Lachuer J, Keski-Rahkonen P, Gunter MJ, Fléchon A, Fervers B, Pérol O. Impact of a one-year supervised physical activity program on long-term cancer-related fatigue and mediating effects of the gut microbiota in metastatic testicular cancer patients: Protocol of the prospective multicentre, randomized Mercoeur B, Fervers B, Coudon T, Noh H, Giampiccolo C, Grassot L, Faure E, Couvidat F, Severi G, Mancini FR, Roy P, Praud D, Amadou A.controlled phase-III STARTER trial, BMC Cancer. 2024 Jan 15;24(1):84.

6) Bolling BW, Aune D, Noh H, Petersen KS, Freisling H. Dried Fruits, Nuts, and Cancer Risk and Survival: A Review of the Evidence and Future Research Directions, Nutrients, 2023 Mar 16;15(6):1443. doi: 10.3390/nu15061443

7) Jang HH, Noh H, Kim G, Cho SY, Kim HJ, Choe JS, Kim J, Scalbert A, Gunter MJ, Kwon O, Kim H. Differences in dietary patterns related to metabolic health by gut microbial enterotypes of Korean adults, Front Nutr. 2023; 6;9:1045397. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1045397. 

8)  Charvat H, Freisling H, Noh H, Gaudet MM, Gunter MJ,…, Weiderpass E, Soerjomataram I, Arnold M., Excess Body Fatness during Early to Mid-Adulthood and Survival from Colorectal and Breast Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of Five International Cohort Studies, Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2022; 31(2): 325-333    

Scientific summary

As a researcher in Nutritional Epidemiology at the Department of Prevention Cancer Environment at INSERM U1296 / Léon Bérard Cancer Center (CLB, a regional cancer center), my research focuses on:
1) Investigating the role of diet, nutrition, and other lifestyle factors (e.g., physical activity/body shape) in human health and disease development, particularly in metabolic diseases including cancer;
2) Leveraging biomarker data, including “-omics” data (e.g., microbiome and metabolomics) to explore underlying mechanisms.

Recent Projects

• 2021~2026: “a national, multicenter, phase III randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of a one-year supervised physical activity program to reduce long-term cancer-related fatigue in metastatic testicular germ cell tumor patients: STARTER” [Team leader of the gut microbiota study within the STARTER project] 

• 2022~2025: “Cancer risk associated with physical activity and sedentary behaviour and the role of cardiometabolic disease and socio-economic position: CAPACITY” [Project Investigator]  

• 2022~2025: "Circulating metabolites associated with gut microbial α-diversity and their associations with risk of colorectal cancer development" [Leading researcher] 

• 2023~2026: “Separate and joint effects of body shape and physical activity by socioeconomic position cancer survival and sequelae among cancer survivors: BoSmile” [Project Investigator]