O. Rebecca Bunce, Ph.D. Associate Professor Emeritus Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences Office: Room 358, R.C. Wilson Pharmacy Phone: (706) 542-5407 E-mail: rbunce@mail.rx.uga.edu

Biosketch

B.S., Food Science	Food Sciences, University of Georgia	Athens, GA	1964
M.S., Food Science	Food Sciences, University of Georgia	Athens, GA	1966
Ph.D., Food Science	Food Sciences, University of Georgia	Athens, GA	1971
Instructor	University of Georgia	Athens, GA	1972-1977
Assistant Professor	University of Georgia	Athens, GA	1977-1982
Associate Professor	University of Georgia	Athens, GA	1982-Present

Research Interests
Dr. Bunce’s research interests are and have been mechanisms of mammary tumor promotion and tumor biology. In collaboration with faculty in the Department of Foods and Nutrition and faculty in the College of Pharmacy, she is actively seeking support for the development of a Cancer Education Program for professional students in Nutrition, the College of Pharmacy and other allied health professions. Through a collaboration with faculty at the National Cancer Institute, she has been able to send a few of her students for graduate training at NCI/NIH.

Representative Publications
T. Buck, A. Hall, C. Sinha, O.R. Bunce and U.P. Thorgeirsson, cis-Hydroxyproline Stimulates the Growth of Rat Mammary Carcinoma Cells, In Vivo, 2000, 14, 7-11.

T.B. Buck, H. Yoshiji, S.R. Harris, O.R. Bunce and U.P. Thorgeirsson, The Effects of Sustained Elevated Levels of Circulating Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases-1 on the Development of Breast Cancer in Mice, Annals of New York Academy of Sciences, 1999, 878, 732-735.

J.L. Hargrove, C.Y. Chung, O.R. Bunce and D.K. Hartle, Diet, Lifestyle and Risk for Colon Cancer: A Probabilistic Model Based on Odds Ratios, In: Health Sciences Simulation, Society for Computer Simulation International, Eds., James G. Anderson and Meyer Katzper, 1999, San Diego, CA, 195-199.

S.R. Harris, A. Brix, J.R. Broderson and O.R. Bunce, Chronic Energy Restriction Versus Energy Cycling and Mammary Tumor Promotion, Proceedings for the Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine, 1995, 209, 1-6.