An expert in nutritional diet and science as it relates to cancer has postponed his planned Thursday talk at the University of Houston-Victoria.

John Milner, director of the Nutritional Science Division at the National Cancer Institute, a part of the National Institutes of Health, will come to Victoria at a later date. Milner�s flight back to the U.S. from another country was delayed, causing the postponement.

A National Cancer Institute spokesperson said Milner regretted having to cancel but he agreed to reschedule, hopefully before the end of the semester.

Milner�s talk was about �Opportunities and Challenges Associated with Diet and Cancer Prevention.� He was scheduled to speak in Victoria with Interactive Television broadcasts to the University of Houston System at Sugar Land and the UH System at Cinco Ranch.

Milner�s work has focused on the study of how foods and supplements interact with people�s genes. He was one of five speakers in a series of UHV cancer talks. The goal of the talks is a change in health behavior through public and professional education.

For more information about the series, contact Richard Gunasekera, UHV professor and director of graduate biology studies, at 281-275-8826 or gunasekerar@uhv.edu.