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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 Sort descending PI Organization Title Grant Number Program Official
Anderson, Karen Sue

Arizona State University-Tempe Campus
United States

Southwest EDRN Clinical Validation Center for Head and Neck Cancer 5U01CA281660-03 Wendy Wang, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Arnold, Corey Wells

University Of California Los Angeles
United States

Computational Feature Profiling and Modeling for Prostate Cancer Detection and Risk Stratification 5R01CA279666-02 Indu Kohaar, Ph.D., M.Phil., M.Sc.
Atigadda, Venkatram Reddy

University Of Alabama At Birmingham
United States

Development of Potent and non-toxic rexinoids to prevent non-melanoma skin cancer 5R01CA276683-03
Backman, Vadim

Northwestern University At Chicago
United States

Optical hyperspectral nanoscale chromatin analysis for colon cancer risk-stratification 1R01CA289294-01A1 Claire Zhu, Ph.D.
Badu-Tawiah, Abraham

Ohio State University
United States

Multiplexed Paper-Based Blood Test for Early-Stage Colorectal Cancer Screening 5R21CA270727-02 Claire Zhu, Ph.D.
Badve, Sunil S.

Emory University
United States

Early prediction of lethal phenotypes in triple negative breast cancer using multiscale, multi-modality platforms 5R01CA281932-02 Wendy Wang, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Bae-Jump, Victoria Lin

Univ Of North Carolina Chapel Hill
United States

Obesity-driven Metabolic and Molecular Biomarkers of Metformin Response in Endometrial Cancer 5R37CA226969-07 Goli Samimi, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Baghdadi, Tareq Al

Saint Joseph Mercy Health System
United States

Michigan Cancer Research Consortium NCORP 3UG1CA189971-11S1 Vanessa A. White, M.P.H.
Balaj, Leonora

Massachusetts General Hospital
United States

Standardized Molecular Analyses of Glioma EVs 5R01CA237500-05 Matthew Young, Ph.D.
Balskus, Emily Patricia

Harvard University
United States

PROSPECT: Pathways, Risk factors, and mOleculeS to Prevent Early-onset Colorectal Tumors 3OT2CA297577-01S1 Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Balu, Mihaela

University Of California-Irvine
United States

Fast, large area, multiphoton exoscope (FLAME) for improving early detection of melanoma 4R01CA259019-04 Guillermo Marquez, Ph.D.
Banerjee, Imon

Mayo Clinic Arizona
United States

Multimodal AI Fusion Model for Early Detection for Pancreatic Cancer 5R01CA289249-02 Nicholas Hodges, Ph.D.
Bao, Ting

Dana-Farber Cancer Inst
United States

Acupuncture for Chemothrapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy Treatment (ACT) Trial 5R37CA248563-05 Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Bao, Ting

Dana-Farber Cancer Inst
United States

Yoga for Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy Treatment (YCT) Trial 5R01CA251470-06 Goli Samimi, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Barber, Glen N.

Ohio State University
United States

Development of A HTLV-1 Vaccine 7R01CA252049-05 Marjorie Perloff, M.D.