Candice A. PRICE

Dynamic Program Director at the National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute with expertise in strategic planning and program management. Proven track record in overseeing multimillion-dollar initiatives, ensuring compliance, and advancing women's health research. Adept at fostering scientific collaboration and leading diverse teams to achieve impactful outcomes in biomedical research.

• Program Director, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, 01/01/22, Present
• Assistant Professor, Molecular Biosciences, University of California, Davis, 01/01/17, 12/31/21
• Postdoctoral Scholar, Molecular Biosciences, University of California, Davis, 01/01/15, 12/31/17
• Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar, Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, 01/01/16, 12/31/17
• Ruth L. Kirschtein T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, Endocrinology, Stanford University, School of Medicine, 01/01/14, 12/31/15

• Program Officer for the NHLBI Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) Study, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences (DCVS)
• Co-Scientific Program Lead for the NHLBI Maternal Health Community Implementation Program (MH-CIP), a $60M Other Transactions (OT) award
• Co-Scientific Program Lead for the NIH Implementing a Maternal health and Pregnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE) Community Implementation Program (IMPROVE-CIP), a $57M Other Transactions (OT) Award
• Appointed to serve as the Co-Chair of a NIH Common Data Elements (CDEs) Working Group
• NHLBI Representative for the Office of Disease Prevention Pathway 2 Prevention (P2P) Workshop on Menopause Planning Committee
• Executive Secretary for the NHLBI Nulliparous Pregnancy Outcomes Study: Monitoring Mothers-to-be Heart Health Study (nuMoM2b-HHS)
• Executive Secretary for the NHLBI HOPE Study
• Co-Chair of the NHLBI Obesity Working Group
• Co-Chair of a Cardiometabolic Therapeutic Task Force
• Serve as a project scientist for the NIH Early Intervention to Promote Cardiovascular Health of Mothers and Children (ENRICH) study

• 2024, NHLBI Director’s Award for Special Act Group category for my role in the NIH Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL)
• 2024, NHLBI Director’s Award for Special Act Group category for my role as co-Scientific Program Lead for the NHLBI Community Implementation Program (CIP) Team
• 2024, NHLBI Director’s Team Award for my role as Project Scientist for the Early Intervention to Promote Cardiovascular Health of Mothers and Children (ENRICH)
• 2024, NHLBI Performance Management Appraisal Program (PMAP) Award
• 2023, NHLBI Performance Management Appraisal Program (PMAP) Award
• 2023, NHLBI Directors Award for Partnership/Collaboration for my role on the Maternal Health Community Implementation Project Team
• 2023, NHLBI Directors Award for Learning Environment for my participation in the NHLBI Obesity Working Group
• 2021, UC Davis Chancellor’s Fellowship for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• 2019 - 2023, NIH/NHLBI Loan Repayment Program (LRP) Award
• 2018, Distinction in Scholarship Award from the American Journal of Physiology (AJP)

• 2021 - 2022, Diabetes Research for Equity through Advanced Multilevel Science Center for Diabetes Translational Research (DREAMS-CDTR)
• 2020 - 2022, UC Research Consortium on Beverages and Health
• 2016 - 2022, Network of Minority Research Investigators (NMRI), NIDDK
• 2018 - 2019, American Heart Association
• 2015 - 2020, Obesity Society
• 2014 - 2015, Endocrine Society

• 2017 - 2022, NIH/NICHD K12HD05198 UC Davis Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) Award, $600,000, Applying metabolomics to investigate the mechanisms that mediate the metabolic effects of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption and stress on cardiovascular disease risk factors in premenopausal women
• 2020 - 2022, UC Davis Academic Federation Innovative Development Award, $12,606, Strategies for preventing cardiovascular disease development amongst Kenyan women: a pilot feasibility study examining sugar-sweetened beverage intake and cardiometabolic disease risk
• 2021, UCSF Nutrition and Obesity Research (NORC) Pilot Award, $50,000, Exploring the association between circulating microRNA and the development of insulin resistance in Black and White women of the National Growth and Health Study (NGHS)
• 2017 - 2020, Programs to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research (PRIDE) NIH/NHLBI Small Research Project Award, $10,800, Investigating the role of the gut in raising cardiovascular risk factors in response to consumption of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS)-sweetened beverages
• 2016, Sugar, Stress, Environment and Weight (SSEW) Research Grant, $9,400, A pilot grant to conduct a metabolomics study to examine changes in metabolites in women consuming sugar-sweetened and naturally-sweetened beverages for two weeks
• 2015 - 2017, NIH/NHLBI 3R01HL121324-02S1 Diversity Supplement, $328,825, Adverse metabolic effects of dietary sugar - Ad libitum vs energy-balanced diets

• 2024, NIH Mid-Level Leadership Training
• 2018, Certified Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) Coach

• Plevock Haase KM, Price CA, Wei GS, Goldberg IG, Ampey BC, Huff EA, Durkin KR, Blair AE, Fabiyi CA, Highsmith KS, Wong MS, Clark D, Mensah GA., Establishing NIH Community Implementation Programs to improve maternal health., Implement Sci Commun., 09/30/24, 5, 1, 105, 10.1186/s43058-024-00634-4, 39343934, PMC11440808
• Tristão Parra M, Sada I, Gold R, Vella CA, Price C, Miljkovic I, Eastman A, Allison M., Associations between muscle quality and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP): The multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis., Am J Med Sci., 03/01/24, 367, 3, 160-170, 10.1016/j.amjms.2023.11.021, 38029852
• Mayer SE, Guan J, Lin J, Hamlat E, Parker JE, Brownell K, Price C, Mujahid M, Tomiyama AJ, Slavich GM, Laraia BA, Epel ES., Intergenerational effects of maternal lifetime stressor exposure on offspring telomere length in Black and White women., Psychol Med., 10/01/23, 53, 13, 6171-6182, 10.1017/S0033291722003397, 36457292, PMC10235210
• Price, C, Jospin, G, Brownell, K, Eisen, JA, Laraia, B and Epel, E., Differences in gut microbiome by insulin sensitivity status in Black and White women in the National Growth and Health Study (NGHS): A Pilot Study., PLoS One, 2021, 10.1371/journal.pone.0259889
• Cothran, FA, Chang, E, Becket, L, Bidwell JT, Price, CA, and Gallagher-Thompson, D., A landscape of subjective and objective stress in African American/Black Dementia family caregivers., Western J Nursing Research, 2021, 10.1177/01939459211062956, 34865588, PMC8908689
• Sigala DM, Hieronimus B, Medici V, Lee V, Nunez MV, Bremer AA, Cox CL, Price CA, Benyam Y, Abdelhafez Y, McGahan JP, Keim NL, Goran MI, Pacini G, Tura A, Sirlin CB, Chaudhari AJ, Havel PJ, Stanhope KL., The Dose-Response Effects of Consuming High Fructose Corn Syrup-Sweetened Beverages on Hepatic Lipid Content and Insulin Sensitivity in Young Adults., Nutrients., 04/15/22, 14, 8, 10.3390/nu14081648, 35458210, PMC9030734
• Sigala DM, Hieronimus B, Medici V, Lee V, Nunez MV, Bremer AA, Cox CL, Price CA, Benyam Y, Chaudhari AJ, Abdelhafez Y, McGahan JP, Goran M, Sirlin CB, Pacini G, Tura A, Keim NL, Havel PJ, Stanhope KL., Consuming Sucrose- or HFCS-Sweetened Beverages Increases Hepatic Lipid and Decreases Insulin Sensitivity in Adults., J Clin Endocrinol Metab., 07/15/21, 10.1210/clinem/dgab508, 34265055
• Gold R, …(Allister) Price C, Allison MA., Association of Abdominal Muscle Area and Density with Glucose Regulation: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)., Diabetes Metabol Res Rev., 07/11/21, 10.1002/dmrr.3488, 34328704
• Price CA, Medici V, Nunez MV, Lee V, Sigala DM, Benyam Y, Keim NL, Mason AE, Chen SY, Parenti M, Slupsky C, Epel ES, Havel PJ, Stanhope KL., A Pilot Study Comparing the Effects of Consuming 100% Orange Juice or Sucrose-Sweetened Beverage on Risk Factors for Cardiometabolic Disease in Women., Nutrients., 02/26/21, 13, 3, 10.3390/nu13030760, 33652807, PMC7996959
• Butler AA, Zhang J, Price CA, Stevens JR, Graham JL, Stanhope KL, King S, Krauss RM, Bremer AA, Havel PJ., Low plasma adropin concentrations increase risks of weight gain and metabolic dysregulation in response to a high-sugar diet in male nonhuman primates., J Biol Chem., 06/21/19, 294, 25, 9706-9719, 10.1074/jbc.RA119.007528, 30988006, PMC6597842
• Allister-Price C, Craig CM, Spielman D, Cushman SS, McLaughlin TL., Metabolic markers, regional adiposity, and adipose cell size: relationship to insulin resistance in African-American as compared with Caucasian women., Int J Obes (Lond)., 06/01/19, 43, 6, 1164-1173, 10.1038/s41366-018-0191-1, 30127463, PMC6382609
• Zhou W, Sailani MR, …Allister C, Perelman D, Craig C, Wei E, Chaib H, Hornburg D, Dunn J, Liang L, Rose SMS, Kukurba K, Piening B, Rost H, Tse D, McLaughlin T, Sodergren E, Weinstock GM, Snyder M., Longitudinal multi-omics of host-microbe dynamics in prediabetes., Nature., 05/01/19, 569, 7758, 663-671, 10.1038/s41586-019-1236-x, 31142858, PMC6666404
• Butler AA, Price CA, Graham JL, Stanhope KL, King S, Hung YH, Sethupathy P, Wong S, Hamilton J, Krauss RM, Bremer AA, Havel PJ., Fructose-induced hypertriglyceridemia in rhesus macaques is attenuated with fish oil or ApoC3 RNA interference., J Lipid Res., 04/01/19, 60, 4, 805-818, 10.1194/jlr.M089508, 30723097, PMC6446715
• Stanhope KL, Goran MI, Bosy-Westphal A, King JC, Schmidt LA, Schwarz JM, Stice E, Sylvetsky AC, Turnbaugh PJ, Bray GA, Gardner CD, Havel PJ, Malik V, Mason AE, Ravussin E, Rosenbaum M, Welsh JA, Allister-Price C, Sigala DM, Greenwood MRC, Astrup A, Krauss RM., Pathways and mechanisms linking dietary components to cardiometabolic disease: thinking beyond calories., Obes Rev., 09/01/18, 19, 9, 1205-1235, 10.1111/obr.12699, 29761610, PMC6530989
• Price CA, Argueta DA, Medici V, Bremer AA, Lee V, Nunez MV, Chen GX, Keim NL, Havel PJ, Stanhope KL, DiPatrizio NV., Plasma fatty acid ethanolamides are associated with postprandial triglycerides, ApoCIII, and ApoE in humans consuming a high-fructose corn syrup-sweetened beverage., Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab., 08/01/18, 315, 2, E141-E149, 10.1152/ajpendo.00406.2017, 29634315, PMC6335011
• Craig CM, Liu LF, Nguyen T, Price C, Bingham J, McLaughlin TL., Efficacy and pharmacokinetics of subcutaneous exendin (9-39) in patients with post-bariatric hypoglycaemia., Diabetes Obes Metab., 02/01/18, 20, 2, 352-361, 10.1111/dom.13078, 28776922
• Allister Price C, Stanhope KL., Understanding the Impact of Added Sugar Consumption on Risk for Type 2 Diabetes., J Calif Dent Assoc., 10/13/16, 44, 10, 619-26, 29035478
• McLaughlin T, Craig C, Liu LF, Perelman D, Allister C, Spielman D, Cushman SW., Adipose Cell Size and Regional Fat Deposition as Predictors of Metabolic Response to Overfeeding in Insulin-Resistant and Insulin-Sensitive Humans., Diabetes., 05/01/16, 65, 5, 1245-54, 10.2337/db15-1213, 26884438, PMC5384627
• Allister CA, Liu LF, Lamendola CA, Craig CM, Cushman SW, Hellerstein MK, McLaughlin TL., In vivo 2H2O administration reveals impaired triglyceride storage in adipose tissue of insulin-resistant humans., J Lipid Res., 02/01/15, 56, 2, 435-9, 10.1194/jlr.M052860, 25418322, PMC4306696
• Zhou W, Sailani MR, …Allister C, …Snyder M., The Integrative Human Microbiome Project: dynamic analysis of microbiome-host omics profiles during periods of human health and disease., Cell Host Microbe., 09/10/14, 16, 3, 276-89, 10.1016/j.chom.2014.08.014, 25211071, PMC5109542
• Varady KA, Allister CA, Roohk DJ, Hellerstein MK., Improvements in body fat distribution and circulating adiponectin by alternate-day fasting versus calorie restriction., J Nutr Biochem., 03/01/10, 21, 3, 188-95, 19195863

Price, Candice and Elissa Epel, Stress, Sugar and Metabolism: Relevance to Food Addiction, Food and Addiction: A Comprehensive Handbook, 2nd ed., Taylor and Francis Gratis, 2023

Ritchie, LD., Ho, J. and Allister, CA., Intervening in Early Childhood to Prevent Obesity: Best Practices for Home and Child Care Settings., Center for Weight and Health, UC Berkeley, 2009

• 11/28/18, Metabolic effects of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption in African-American versus White women., Annual Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) Conference
• 11/01/18, Metabolic Effects of Sugar- Sweetened Beverage Consumption in African-American Versus White Women., Obesity Society’s ObesityWeek, Nashville, TN
• 10/01/18, Investigating the potential hedonic effects of consuming high-fructose corn syrup-sweetened beverage under ad libitum conditions., Annual Symposium sponsored by Center for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment and Sugar, Stress, Environment and Weight Research Program
• 05/01/18, Changes in metabolic risk factors following 2 weeks of sucrose-beverage consumption in African-American women., Network for Minority Research Investigators (NMRI) meeting
• 11/01/17, Changes in metabolic risk factors following 2 weeks of sucrose-beverage consumption in African-American women., NIDDK Regional Network for Minority Research Investigators meeting
• 06/01/16, Consumption of either high-fructose corn syrup or sucrose increases uric acid, postprandial triglycerides, LDL-cholesterol and ApoB, in men and women., American Diabetes Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA
• 12/01/15, Consumption of high-fructose corn syrup and sucrose increases uric acid, ApoB, LDL and induces hypertriglyceridemia in healthy men and women., Annual Symposium sponsored by Center for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment and Sugar, Stress, Environment and Weight Research Program, University of California, San Francisco
• 06/01/13, Assessing the effects of overfeeding on adipocyte and hepatic triglyceride metabolism and cell proliferation in obese insulin sensitive patients., Endocrine Society Annual Meeting and Expo
• 11/01/12, Differences in adipose and liver triglyceride turnover, lipogenesis, and adipocyte proliferation in obese insulin sensitive and obese insulin resistant human subjects., Poster presentation

• 12/01/24, EmpowerUS Women’s Health Symposium, Tulane University
• 03/01/22, UC Davis, Dept. of Nutrition, “Sugar-sweetened beverages: When sweet goes sour for the historically marginalized”
• 02/01/22, UMass Amherst, Dept. of Public Health: “Sugar-sweetened beverages: When sweet goes sour for the historically marginalized”
• 02/01/22, UC Davis AAFSA Health Education and Leadership Program
• 08/01/21, Black Breastfeeding Week Implicit Bias Panel
• 10/01/20, Yale University, “BlackInMicro” Week Panel
• 07/01/20, University of California, Davis, Dept. Public Health: “Can the mechanisms linking sugar-sweetened beverage intake to cardiometabolic disease address health disparities in Black women?”
• 10/01/19, Genetic and Environmental Toxicology Association (GETA) of Northern California Fall Symposium: “Obesogens: Toxicology and Risk Assessment”
• 11/01/18, Change in Action: Diabetes Prevention on the Ground in California, sponsored by the Public Health Advocates (community-wide)
• 08/01/18, The Sugars: Sacramento Diabetes Health Summit (community-wide)

• 03/01/22, Type 2 Diabetes and Sugary Drinks, Yumlish Podcast
• 03/01/22, New Research Shows Predictors for Diabetes are Different for Black and White Women., UC Davis Office of Research Featured Article
• 01/01/22, Gut bacteria differences in Black and white women linked to insulin sensitivity., UC Davis Health Featured Article

• Ensure compliance of research projects and programs with NIH contractual agreements
• Serve as a Project Scientist for 2 of NHLBI-sponsored women’s health studies
• Promote scientific achievements as they relate to the mission areas and strategic vision of the NHLBI
• Develop and coordinate a strategic vision for the future women’s health cohort studies and programs
• Serve on the Steering Committees and Executive Committees as a voting member
• Lead decisions and provide consultation on awardee change requests, risk management conflict resolution, and performance
• Present quarterly program updates to the Director of the Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science (CTRIS) and the NHLBI Director
• Lead scientific working groups to promote and accelerate the mission of the institute and the NIH as a whole
• Collaborate with other ICO/Agency representatives on program initiatives
• Promote and stimulate women’s health and cardiovascular research priorities of the NHLBI
• Manage grant portfolio of training grants, career development awards and parent R01 awards
• Consult and advise investigators applying for NIH awards and grants
• Evaluate the significance of research proposals and its alignment with priority areas of the institute
• Consult and advise awardee and contractors on award requirements or program issues
• Lead and co-lead initiatives and funding opportunities
• Lead or support the coordination of NIH and NHLBI Workshops

• 2024, NIH Leadership Training for Mid-Level Leadership
• 2021, University of North Carolina Precision Nutrition Short Course: Nutrigenomics and Nutrigenetics
• 2020, Completed Responsible Conduct of Research
• 2020, Columbia University Epigenetics Bootcamp: Planning and Analyzing DNA Methylation Studies
• 2020, Team Science (UC Davis)
• 2019 - 2020, UC San Diego Future Faculty of Cardiovascular Sciences (FOCUS) Program
• 2019, Grant Writing Course (UC Davis)
• 2019, Intro to Medical Statistics (UC Davis)

NHLBI Director’s Award for Special Act Group category for my role in the NIH Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL)

NHLBI Director’s Award for Special Act Group category for my role as co-Scientific Program Lead for the NHLBI Community Implementation Program (CIP) Team

NHLBI Director’s Team Award for my role as Project Scientist for the Early Intervention to Promote Cardiovascular Health of Mothers and Children (ENRICH)

NHLBI Performance Management Appraisal Program (PMAP) Award

UC Davis Chancellor’s Fellowship for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Distinction in Scholarship Award from the American Journal of Physiology (AJP), Endocrine and Metabolism for Allister-Price et al, 2018 publication.