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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
Lesch, Bluma J

Yale University
United States

Defining signatures of epigenetic sensitization to lung cancer in a mouse model 5R21CA288677-02 Guillermo Marquez, Ph.D.
Leslie, Kimberly K.

University Of New Mexico Health Scis Ctr
United States

Advancing Hormone Therapy for Endometrial Cancer 1P01CA278735-01A1 Goli Samimi, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Lesser, Glenn J

Wake Forest University Health Sciences
United States

Wake Forest NCORP Research Base 3UG1CA189824-11S2 Brandy Heckman-Stoddard, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Li, Bo

Children'S Hosp Of Philadelphia
United States

Tracking Peripheral T-Cell Repertoire Changes for Preoperative and Early Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis 5R01CA258524-05 Christos Patriotis, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Li, Chi

University Of Louisville
United States

A lung cancer vaccine based on exosomes of induced pluripotent stem cells 1R21CA280453-01 John Clifford, Ph.D.
Li, Christopher I

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
United States

Fred Hutchinson Breast Cancer Clinical Validation Center 5U01CA152637-15 Sidney Fu, M.D.
Li, Yong

Baylor College Of Medicine
United States

Cancer Prevention-Interception Against MGUS Progression 5U54CA272691-03 Anda Vlad, M.D., Ph.D.
Li, Feng

University Of California Los Angeles
United States

Novel ultra-short cell free DNA biomarkers for early detection of non-small cell lung cancer. 5R21CA283665-02 Guillermo Marquez, Ph.D.
Li, Debiao

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
United States

Predicting Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) Through Artificial Intelligence Analysis of Pre-Diagnostic CT Images 5R01CA260955-05 Matthew Young, Ph.D.
Li, Bing

University Of Iowa
United States

E-FABP mediates n-3 fatty acid-induced tumor prevention through epigenetic control of immune cell differentiation and function 5R01CA180986-11 Nancy J. Emenaker, Ph.D., RDN, LD, FAND
Liang, Han

University Of Tx Md Anderson Can Ctr
United States

The Cancer Proteome Atlas: an Integrated Bioinformatics Resource for Functional Cancer Proteomic Data 5U24CA264128-04 Christos Patriotis, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Ligibel, Jennifer A.

Dana-Farber Cancer Inst
United States

Distance-based Exercise to preserve Function and prevENt Disability (DEFEND) 5U34CA293568-02 Brandy Heckman-Stoddard, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Lin, Jia-Ren

Harvard Medical School
United States

Advancing technologies for the collection and analysis of high dimensional immunoprofiles and tumor images 5R50CA274277-04 Guillermo Marquez, Ph.D.
Lindau, Stacy Tessler

University Of Chicago
United States

Bionic Breast Project: A Neuroprosthesis to Restore Touch Sensation and Reduce Chronic Pain After Mastectomy 5R01CA281301-03 Marjorie Perloff, M.D.
Linnes, Jacqueline

Purdue University
United States

Point-of-care screening test for early cervical cancer detection 5R01CA246315-05 Christos Patriotis, Ph.D., M.Sc.