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Early Detection

Advances research to determine the effectiveness and clinical impact – harms and benefits – of cancer early detection technologies and practices, including imaging and molecular biomarker approaches. Fosters technological development, statistical modeling, and dissemination of scientific findings to promote early cancer detection practices.

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Staff List

Photo Name, Email, Phone Room Group(s)/Office
LeeVan, Elyse, M.D., M.P.H.
elyse.leevan@nih.gov
240-276-7314
5E110 Program Officer | Early Detection
McCarty, Larae
larae.mccarty@nih.gov
240-276-5777
5E322 Program Specialist | Community Oncology and Prevention Trials
Early Detection
Miller, Eric, Ph.D.
eric.miller2@nih.gov
240-276-5336
5E212 Program Officer | Early Detection
Ong, Mary Jane
maryjane.ong@nih.gov
240-858-3296
5E120 Nurse Consultant | Early Detection
Pinsky, Paul, Ph.D.
paul.pinsky@nih.gov
240-276-7014
5E108 Chief | Early Detection
Saxena, Neeraj, Ph.D.
neeraj.saxena@nih.gov
240-276-6302
5E218 Program Officer | Early Detection
Zhu, Claire, Ph.D.
claire.zhu@nih.gov
240-276-7013
5E106 Program Officer | Early Detection

Grants

PI Name Sort descending PI Organization Title Grant Number Program Official
Zhang, Zhen

Johns Hopkins University
United States

A multidisciplinary BCC for ovarian cancer early detection: translating discoveries to clinical use with a by-design approach 5U2CCA271891-04 Christos Patriotis, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Zhao, Yingqi

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
United States

Developing methods for advancing the early detection of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma leveraging electronic medical records data 1R01CA289668-01A1 Matthew Young, Ph.D.
Zhao, Hua

University Of Virginia
United States

Homologous recombination repair capacity in peripheral blood lymphocytes as a breast cancer risk factor 4U01CA260731-04 Claire Zhu, Ph.D.
Zheng, Yingye

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
United States

Precompetitive Collaboration on Liquid Biopsy for Early Cancer Assessment: Data Management and Coordinating Unit 5U24CA288185-03 Guillermo Marquez, Ph.D.
Zheng, Qin

Johns Hopkins University
United States

Determining the function of medium to large diameter sensory neurons in paclitaxel-induced pain via large-scale in vivo DRG imaging 1R01CA291906-01A1 Rachel Altshuler, Ph.D.
Zheng, Yingye

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
United States

The Early Detection Research Network: Data Management and Coordinating Center 5U24CA086368-25 Guillermo Marquez, Ph.D.
Zhou, Xianghong Jasmine

University Of California Los Angeles
United States

The UCLA Center in Early Detection of Liver Cancer 5U01CA230705-08 Sidney Fu, M.D.
Zhou, Xianghong Jasmine

University Of California Los Angeles
United States

Detecting and locating cancer for patients with CT-detected lung nodules 4R01CA264864-04 Guillermo Marquez, Ph.D.
Zhou, Xianghong Jasmine

University Of California Los Angeles
United States

Multi-cancer early detection using cell-free DNA methylome analysis 5U01CA285010-03 Nicholas Hodges, Ph.D.
Zhu, Yazhen

University Of California Los Angeles
United States

Extracellular Vesicle-Based Digital Scoring Assay for Detecting Early-stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma 5R01CA255727-05 Matthew Young, Ph.D.
Zhu, Yazhen

University Of California Los Angeles
United States

Click Chemistry-Mediated Surface Protein Assay for Quantifying Subpopulations of Hepatocellular Carcinoma-associated Extracellular Vesicles 5R01CA277530-03 Matthew Young, Ph.D.
Zhu, Yong

Univ Of Arkansas For Med Scis
United States

Explore piRNAs as a novel group of biomarkers for ovarian cancer early detection 1R21CA277412-01A1 Christos Patriotis, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Zi, Xiaolin

University Of California-Irvine
United States

Nautral products for targeting Skp2 in cancer interception 5UG3CA290368-02 Altaf Mohammed, Ph.D.