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Lung and Upper Aerodigestive Cancers

Conducts and supports research on the prevention and early detection of lung, head, and neck cancers. Supports new approaches to clinical prevention studies, including cancer immunoprevention and chemoprevention.

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Major Programs

Staff List

Photo Name, Email, Phone Room Group(s)/Office
Bengtson, Lisa, RN, M.S.N., OCN
lisa.bengtson@nih.gov
240-276-7661
5E206 Nurse Consultant | Lung and Upper Aerodigestive Cancer
Garvey, Rodshae
garveyrj@nih.gov
240-276-5764
5E220 Program Support Assistant | Gastrointestinal and Other Cancers
Program Support Assistant | Lung and Upper Aerodigestive Cancer
Johnsey, Donald
donald.johnsey@nih.gov
240-276-7029
5E224 Program Analyst | Office of the Associate Director for Clinical Research
Lung and Upper Aerodigestive Cancer
Wojtowicz, Malgorzata, M.D.
malgorzata.wojtowicz@nih.gov
240-276-7012
5E104 Program Officer | Lung and Upper Aerodigestive Cancer

Grants

PI Name Sort descending PI Organization Title Grant Number Program Official
Siminski, Suzanne M.

Frontier Sci & Technology Rsch Fdn, Inc
United States

CASCADE Coordinating Center 5U24CA275417-04 Maria Silvina Frech, Ph.D., M.S.
Singal, Amit

Ut Southwestern Medical Center
United States

Precision Screening for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Cirrhosis 5R01CA222900-06
Singal, Amit

Ut Southwestern Medical Center
United States

Clinical Validation Center for Hepatocellular Carcinoma 5U01CA271887-04 Indu Kohaar, Ph.D., M.Phil., M.Sc.
Singal, Amit

Ut Southwestern Medical Center
United States

Precision Risk Stratification and Screening for HCC among Patients with Cirrhosis in the United States 5U01CA230694-05
Singal, Amit

Ut Southwestern Medical Center
United States

Precision Risk Stratification and Screening for HCC among Patients with Indeterminate Liver Nodules 4U01CA283935-03 Sidney Fu, M.D.
Siskind, Leah J

University Of Louisville
United States

Protecting the kidney from cisplatin induced injury and progression to chronic kidney disease 1R01CA305985-01 Marjorie Perloff, M.D.
Skates, Steven J

Massachusetts General Hospital
United States

Genome-wide methylation and proteomic analysis of uterine lavage and cervical swab for early detection of ovarian cancer 5U2CCA271871-03 Christos Patriotis, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Skates, Steven J

Massachusetts General Hospital
United States

Proteomic Analyses of Serial Prediagnostic PLCO Serum in Cases and Controls to Identify Early Detection Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers Rising in a Substantial Fraction of Cases and Stable in Most Controls 5U01CA260758-05 Claire Zhu, Ph.D.
Skubitz, Amy Patrice

University Of Minnesota
United States

A paradigm shift for ovarian cancer biomarkers: Utilizing routine Pap tests as liquid biopsies for the development of targeted mass spectrometry-based proteomic assays for early detection 5R01CA262153-05 Christos Patriotis, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Slager, Susan L

Mayo Clinic Rochester
United States

The genetic and epigenetic etiology of progression from the precursor state to chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) 4R01CA258465-04 Nicholas Hodges, Ph.D.
Smith, Ellen Mary Lavoie

University Of Alabama At Birmingham
United States

Duloxetine to Prevent Oxaliplatin-Induced Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase II to Phase III Study 5R01CA235726-07 Brennan Streck, Ph.D., RN, M.P.H.
Smith, Jennifer Susan

Univ Of North Carolina Chapel Hill
United States

UNC CASCADE Network Research Base 5UG1CA275403-04 Maria Silvina Frech, Ph.D., M.S.
Sohl, Stephanie Jean

Wake Forest University Health Sciences
United States

REmotely-delivered Supportive Programs for Improving surgical pain and disTrEss (RESPITE) 5R01CA266995-04 Goli Samimi, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Somers, Tamara J

Duke University
United States

A Mobile Health Behavioral Pain Intervention Protocol for Breast Cancer Patients with Pain in Medically Underserved Communities: A Randomized Controlled Trial 5R01CA237892-05 Brennan Streck, Ph.D., RN, M.P.H.
Song, Ming

University Of Louisville
United States

Dietary fructose and NASH/HCC progression 5R21CA290420-02 Amit Kumar, Ph.D.