Keith W. Singletary

Dr. Singletary received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Microbiology from Michigan State University. His Ph.D. degree in Nutritional Sciences was awarded by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 1986 he joined the faculty at the University of Illinois as an Assistant Professor and is currently a Professor of Nutrition. He also is a member of the Division of Nutritional Sciences, and the Interdisciplinary Program on Environmental Toxicology. From 2001-2004 he was Director of the Functional Foods for Health program at the Chicago and Urbana-Champaign campuses of the University of Illinois. In 2003, he received the Senior Faculty Award for Excellence in Research from the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences and in 2006 was recognized as Outstanding Mentor/Advisor in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition.

Dr. Singletary has several research interests in the area of diet and cancer. He has investigated how alcohol intake may enhance the development of breast cancer, as well as how environmental contaminants may influence breast cancer susceptibility. Some of his graduate students have research projects identifying and evaluating natural products and plant chemicals (phytochemicals) present in fruits, vegetables, spices, and soybeans that can prevent the initiation and progression of several cancers.

He is a member of several professional societies, including the American Association for Cancer Research, American Society for Nutritional Sciences, and the Research Society on Alcoholism. Dr. Singletary enjoys teaching undergraduate general nutrition courses and graduate courses in diet and cancer and nutritional toxicology.