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Gastrointestinal and Other Cancers

Conducts and supports prevention and early detection research for colorectal, esophageal, liver, pancreatic, and hematolymphoid cancers. Supports development of new approaches for clinical prevention studies, including cancer immunoprevention.

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Major Programs

Staff List

Photo Name, Email, Phone Room Group(s)/Office
Della'Zanna, Gary, D.O., M.Sc.
gary.dellazanna@nih.gov
240-276-7042
5E234 Program Officer | Gastrointestinal and Other Cancers
Garvey, Rodshae
garveyrj@nih.gov
240-276-5764
5E220 Program Support Assistant | Gastrointestinal and Other Cancers
Program Support Assistant | Lung and Upper Aerodigestive Cancer
Rodriguez, Luz Maria, M.D., FACS
luz.rodriguez@nih.gov
240-276-7039
5E228 Program Officer | Gastrointestinal and Other Cancers
Umar, Asad, D.V.M., Ph.D.
asad_umar@nih.gov
240-276-7038
5E226 Chief | Gastrointestinal and Other Cancers

Grants

PI Name Sort descending PI Organization Title Grant Number Program Official
Kroetz, Deanna L

Ohio State University
United States

Sphingolipid Signaling and Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neurotoxicity 5R01CA261068-06 Rachel Altshuler, Ph.D.
Kuhn, Peter

University Of Southern California
United States

Multi-modal Liquid Biopsy Early Assessment of Breast Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, and Multiple Myeloma 4U01CA285013-03 Nicholas Hodges, Ph.D.
Kumar, Nagi B.

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Ctr & Res Inst
United States

Phase II Clinical trial of GTC in Men on Active Surveillance 5R01CA235032-06 Howard L. Parnes, M.D.
Labaer, Joshua

Arizona State University-Tempe Campus
United States

Multiplex In-Solution Protein Array (MISPA) for high throughput, quantitative, early profiling of pathogen-induced head and neck 5R33CA281802-03 Wendy Wang, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Labaer, Joshua

Arizona State University-Tempe Campus
United States

High-throughput immunoproteomics for cancer biomarker discovery 5U2CCA271903-04 Christos Patriotis, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Lampe, Paul D.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
United States

Autoantibodies to tumor-derived neoepitopes as biomarkers and immunoPET agents for the early detection of small cell lung cancer 5R01CA281801-03 Guillermo Marquez, Ph.D.
Langel, Stephanie N.

Case Western Reserve University
United States

Antibody bound bacteria during HPV infection and cervical dysplasia 3R21CA289927-02S1 Goli Samimi, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Langevin, Anne-Marie R.

University Of Texas Hlth Science Center
United States

Texas Pediatric NCORP 3UG1CA189855-11S1 Brandy Heckman-Stoddard, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Leal, Ana Sofia Mendes

Indiana University Indianapolis
United States

Nrf2, immune cells and lung cancer 7R01CA226690-06 Marjorie Perloff, M.D.
Lee, Hakho

Massachusetts General Hospital
United States

Expanding early cancer detection with high throughput OCEANA - Ovarian Cancer Exosome Analysis with Nanoplasmonic Array 5U01CA284982-03 Nicholas Hodges, Ph.D.
Lee, Jeffrey Kuang Zou

Kaiser Foundation Research Institute
United States

Vanguard Study Administrative Supplement 3UG1CA287011-02S1 Elyse LeeVan, M.D., M.P.H.
Lee, Richard T

Beckman Research Institute/City Of Hope
United States

A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Benefits of Phytocannabinoids for the Treatment of Chronic Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy 1R21CA260447-01A1 Rachel Altshuler, Ph.D.
Lee, Juhun

University Of Pittsburgh At Pittsburgh
United States

Detecting Mammographically-Occult Cancer in Women with Dense Breasts Using Digital Breast Tomosynthesis 5R01CA269540-03 Sidney Fu, M.D.
Lehto, Rebecca H

Henry Ford Health + Michigan State University Health Sciences
United States

Support for bereaved friend and family caregivers of cancer patients 1R03CA282943-01A1 Brennan Streck, Ph.D., RN, M.P.H.
Lenburg, Marc Elliott

Boston University Medical Campus
United States

The Boston University - UCLA Lung Cancer Biomarker Characterization Center 5U2CCA271898-04 Guillermo Marquez, Ph.D.