Mechanisms of carcinogenesis and mechanisms of cancer prevention by chemoprevention agents and exercise; factors influencing the metabolism and action of drugs, carcinogens, environmental chemicals and steroid hormones; regulation and biological significance of multiple cytochromes P-450; drug interactions; induced synthesis of microsomal enzymes; anticancer properties of the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)

Conney AH, Zhou S, Lee MJ, Xie JG, Yang CS, Lou YR, Lu Y. Stimulatory effect of oral administration of tea, coffee or caffeine on UVB-induced apoptosis in the epidermis of SKH-1 mice. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2006 Nov 7

Lu YP, Lou YR, Nolan B, Peng QY, Xie JG, Wagner GC, Conney AH. Stimulatory effect of voluntary exercise or fat removal (partial lipectomy) on apoptosis in the skin of UVB light-irradiated mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Oct 31;103(44):16301-6.

Zheng X, Chang RL, Cui XX, Avila GE, Hebbar V, Garzotto M, Shih WJ, Lin Y, Lu SE, Rabson AB, Kong AN, Conney AH. Effects of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) in combination with paclitaxel (Taxol) on prostate Cancer LNCaP cells cultured in vitro or grown as xenograft tumors in immunodeficient mice. Clin Cancer Res. 2006 Jun 1;12(11 Pt 1):3444-51.

Lu YP, Lou YR, Xie JG, Peng QY, Zhou S, Lin Y, Shih WJ, Conney AH. Caffeine and caffeine sodium benzoate have a sunscreen effect, enhance UVB-induced apoptosis, and inhibit UVB-induced skin carcinogenesis in SKH-1 mice. Carcinogenesis. 2007 Jan;28(1):199-206. Epub 2006 Jul 24.

Mesia-Vela S, Sanchez RI, Reuhl KR, Conney AH, and Kauffman, FC. Phenobarbital treatment inhibits the formation of estradiol-dependent mammary tumors in the August-Copenhagen Irish rat. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther., 317: 590-597, 2006.

Michna L, Wagner GC, Lou YR, Xie JG, Peng QY, Lin Y, Carlson K, Shih WJ, Conney AH, Lu YP. Inhibitory effects of voluntary running wheel exercise on UVB induced skin carcinogenesis in SKH-1 mice. Carcinogenesis, 27: 2108-2115, 2006.

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2005 Daniel Gorenstein Memorial Award and Lecture (from Rutgers University)

2004 Honorary member, International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX).

2002 DeWitt S. Goodman Lecturer Award (from the American Association for Cancer Research)

1994 IBM-Princess Takamatsu Cancer Research Fund Lecturer Award (Lectures at Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan; University of Shizuoka, Japan)

1993 Ernest H. Volwiler Award, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy

1992 Thomas Alva Edison Science Award, New Jersey Academy of Science and the Governor of New Jersey

1990 Outstanding Investigator Award, National Cancer Institute

1983 President, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

1982 National Academy of Sciences (U.S.A.) - Member

1981 G.H.A. Clowes Award Lecturer, American Association for Cancer Research

1980 Arnold J. Lehman Award, the Society of Toxicology, Inc.

1977 ASPET Award, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Award for Research in Experimental Therapeutics

1970 Claude Bernard Medal and Claude Bernard Visiting Professorship, University of Montreal

1968 Achievement Award in Pharmacodynamics , the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences

1968 Research Achievement Award, The Society of Toxicology, Inc.