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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
Rini, Christine

Northwestern University At Chicago
United States

 Web-based Pain Coping Skills Training to Improve Pain and Poor Adherence caused by Aromatase Inhibitor-Associated Arthralgia In Breast Cancer Survivors (SKIP-Arthralgia): A Randomized Controlled Trial 5R01CA271220-04 Brennan Streck, Ph.D., RN, M.P.H.
Robbins, Hilary A.

International Agency For Res On Cancer
United States

 The Lung EArly Proteins project: A LEAP toward implementing biomarkers in lung cancer screening 4R01CA262164-04 Claire Zhu, Ph.D.
Robertson, Sarah E

Dartmouth College
United States

 Learning about the effectiveness of lung cancer screening in real-world target populations 4R00CA287059-03 Neeraj Saxena, Ph.D.
Robertson, Gavin P.

Pennsylvania State Univ Hershey Med Ctr
United States

 Targeting Aldehyde Dehydrogenase for Cancer Prevention 5R01CA241148-05
Rogers, Laura Q

University Of Alabama At Birmingham
United States

 Role of gut microbe composition in psychosocial symptom response to exercise training in breast cancer survivors 5R01CA235598-06 Gabriela Riscuta, M.D., CNS
Rosenberg, Daniel William

University Of Connecticut Sch Of Med/Dnt
United States

 Microbiota, Metabolites, and Colon Neoplasia 5R01CA252045-05 Amit Kumar, Ph.D.
Rosenbluth, Jennifer M.

University Of California, San Francisco
United States

 In vitro models as a window to learn how to change outcomes in women at high risk of developing breast cancer 4R01CA281361-04 Brandy Heckman-Stoddard, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Ross, Stephen

New York University School Of Medicine
United States

 Psilocybin Therapy for Advanced Cancer-related Psychiatric Distress 5R01CA268521-04 Rachel Altshuler, Ph.D.
Rosser, Charles J

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
United States

 A Multiplex Protein Biomarker-Based Immunoassay for the Early Detection of Bladder Cancer and its Implications in Tumor Biology 5R01CA277810-03 Guillermo Marquez, Ph.D.
Rotemberg, Veronica Miriam

Sloan-Kettering Inst Can Research
United States

 M-ISIC: A Multimodal Open-Source International Skin Imaging Collaboration Informatics Platform for Automated Skin Cancer Detection 5U24CA264369-04 Guillermo Marquez, Ph.D.
Roth, Michael E.

Public Health Institute
United States

 Children's Oncology Group NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) Research Base grant 3UG1CA189955-11S3 Brandy Heckman-Stoddard, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Rowland, Kendrith Martin

Carle Foundation
United States

 Carle Cancer Center NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) 3UG1CA189861-11S1 Vanessa A. White, M.P.H.
Russell, John A

University Of Wisconsin-Madison
United States

 Treatment of Functional Deficits IN tongue muscles induced by radiation and chemoradiation treatment 5R37CA225608-07 Cecilia Lee, Dr.P.H., RN
Saenger, Yvonne Margaret

Albert Einstein College Of Medicine
United States

 Applying pathomics to establish a biosignature for aggressive skin melanoma 5R01CA260375-05 Guillermo Marquez, Ph.D.
Salami, Simpa Samuel

University Of Michigan At Ann Arbor
United States

 Defining the Biological Arc of Grade Group 1 Prostate Cancer 5R37CA283857-03 Guillermo Marquez, Ph.D.