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Chemopreventive Agent Development

Designs, develops, implements, and monitors research on interventions that may block, reverse, or delay the early stages of cancer. Investigates nutrients, micronutrients, natural products, pharmacologic agents, biomolecules, and vaccines from preclinical to early-phase I clinical studies. Helps investigators to bridge the gaps between biology and identifying potential targets, and between discovery of targets and agents and clinical testing in people.

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Major Programs

Staff List

Photo Name, Email, Phone Room Group(s)/Office
Asefa, Wosene
 wosene.asefa@nih.gov
240-276-6422 		5E504 Program Support Assistant | Chemopreventive Agent Development
Biswas, Kajal, Ph.D.
 kajal.biswas2@nih.gov
240-276-5614 		5E540 Program Officer | Chemopreventive Agent Development
Cholewa, Brian, Ph.D.
 brian.cholewa@nih.gov
240-276-7545 		5E446 Deputy Chief | Chemopreventive Agent Development
Clifford, John, Ph.D.
 john.clifford@nih.gov
202-235-4482 		5E430 Program Officer | Chemopreventive Agent Development
Gunasekharan, Vignesh, Ph.D.
 vignesh.gunasekharan@nih.gov
240-276-5814 		5E438 Program Officer | Chemopreventive Agent Development
Mohammed, Altaf, Ph.D.
 altaf.mohammed@nih.gov
240-276-6082 		5E542 Deputy Chief | Chemopreventive Agent Development
Nalli, Ancy, Ph.D., M.S.
 ancy.nalli@nih.gov
202-276-5265 		5E536 Program Officer | Chemopreventive Agent Development
Sei, Shizuko, M.D.
 shizuko.sei@nih.gov
240-276-5005 		5E452 Co-Chief | Chemopreventive Agent Development
Shoemaker, Robert, Ph.D.
 robert.shoemaker@nih.gov
240-276-7077 		5E454 Co-Chief | Chemopreventive Agent Development
Acting Chief | Nutritional Science
Vlad, Anda, M.D., Ph.D.
 anda.vlad@nih.gov
240-276-6422 		5E538 Program Officer | Chemopreventive Agent Development

Grants

PI Name PI Organization Title Grant Number Program Official
Acciavatti, Raymond Joseph

University Of Pennsylvania
United States

 Next-Generation Tomosynthesis Pilot Study 5R37CA273959-04 Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Acharya, Munjal M

University Of California-Irvine
United States

 Stem cell-derived exosomes to ameliorate chemobrain 5R01CA262213-03 Rachel Altshuler, Ph.D.
Acoba, Jared

University Of Hawaii At Manoa
United States

 The Hawaii Minority/Underserved NCORP 3UG1CA189804-11S1 Brandy Heckman-Stoddard, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Adams-Campbell, Lucile Lauren

Georgetown University
United States

 National Capital Area (NCA) NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) 3UG1CA239758-06S1 Brandy Heckman-Stoddard, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Adebamowo, Clement Adebayo

University Of Maryland Baltimore
United States

 Baltimore CASCADE Study Site (BaCSS Project) 5UG1CA284883-03 Maria Silvina Frech, Ph.D., M.S.
Afshar-Kharghan, Vahid

University Of Tx Md Anderson Can Ctr
United States

 Novel Biomarkers Predicting Blood Clots in Ovarian Cancer 5R01CA275762-03 Rachel Altshuler, Ph.D.
Ah, Diane Marie Von

Ohio State University
United States

 Cognitive Training for Cancer-related Cognitive Impairment: A Multi-Center Randomized Controlled Trial 5R01CA276222-03 Brandy Heckman-Stoddard, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Ahn, Jiyoung

New York University School Of Medicine
United States

 The Oral Mycobiome and Risk of Pancreatic Cancer 5U01CA250186-04 Claire Zhu, Ph.D.
Ahn, Eun Hyun

Johns Hopkins University
United States

 Engineered biomimetic collective cancer invasion models for screening chemotherapeutic agents 5R01CA279948-02 Guillermo Marquez, Ph.D.
Alambeigi, Farshid

University Of Texas At Austin
United States

 A Novel Framework for Sensitive and Reliable Early Diagnosis, Topographic Mapping, and Stiffness Classification of Colorectal Cancer Polyps 5R21CA280747-02 Matthew Young, Ph.D.
Alexandrov, Ludmil B

University Of California, San Diego
United States

 Mapping immuno-genomic drivers of the head and neck precancer invasive-disease transition 5U01CA290479-03 Wendy Wang, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Allen, Peter J

Duke University
United States

 Biomarker validation for intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas 5R01CA182076-08 Matthew Young, Ph.D.
Amuta, Ann Oyare

University Of Texas Arlington
United States

 Development of Tailored, Multilevel Cervical Cancer Interventions for Ethnically Diverse Black Women 1R15CA294297-01 Goli Samimi, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Anderson, Daniel M

Healthpartners Institute
United States

 Metro-Minnesota Community Oncology Research Consortium (MMCORC) 3UG1CA189863-12S1 Vanessa A. White, M.P.H.
Anderson, Garnet L.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
United States

 NCI Cancer Screening Research Network: Coordinating and Communication Center 3UG1CA286954-02S1 Elyse LeeVan, M.D., M.P.H.