Research assistant professor published paper in Cancers special issue, including painting by late grandmother
Amber Kleckner, PhD, research assistant professor, conducted a randomized controlled trial testing the effects of a Mediterranean diet on cancer-related fatigue during chemotherapy as part of her post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Rochester in New York. She found that the MedDiet program helped alleviate fatigue but only among patients who did not follow a Mediterranean diet before the study. The work was published Aug. 30 in a special issue of Cancers: "The Mechanisms of Physical Activity, Diet, and Body Composition in Cancer Prevention and Control." It included a painting by Kleckner's late grandmother, Peggy Simmons.