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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
Sorror, Mohamed

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
United States

Novel Intervention Approaches to Alleviate Allogeneic Transplant-Related Morbidity and Mortality 5R01CA227092-06 Marjorie Perloff, M.D.
Spector, Tim

King'S College London
United States

PROSPECT: Pathways, Risk factors, and mOleculeS to Prevent Early-onset Colorectal Tumors 1OT2CA297289-01 Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Spiegel, Brennan

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
United States

Randomized Controlled Trial of Virtual Reality for GI Cancer Pain to Improve Patient Reported Outcomes 5R01CA252211-05 Rachel Altshuler, Ph.D.
Stachler, Matthew D

University Of California, San Francisco
United States

Optimization and validation of a biomarker panel for risk stratification in Barrett's esophagus 3R37CA269649-03S1 Matthew Young, Ph.D.
Staff, Nathan P

Mayo Clinic Rochester
United States

Investigating the role of MAP2 in chemotherapy-induced peripheral neurotoxicity 5R01CA275870-03 Rachel Altshuler, Ph.D.
Stolley, Melinda R

Medical College Of Wisconsin
United States

Every Day Counts: A lifestyle program for women metastatic breast cancer 5R01CA258759-04 Nancy J. Emenaker, Ph.D., RDN, LD, FAND
Storz, Peter

Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
United States

Deiminated molecules as markers for developing pancreatic cancer - A1 5R21CA279916-02 Matthew Young, Ph.D.
Suga, Jennifer Marie

Kaiser Foundation Research Institute
United States

Kaiser Permanente NCI National Community Oncology Research Program, NCORP 3UG1CA189821-11S1 Vanessa A. White, M.P.H.
Sukumar, Saraswati

Johns Hopkins University
United States

Development of an automated, point of care DNA methylation cartridge blood test for colorectal cancer detection in LMICs- an academic-industrial partnership 3R01CA278816-03S1 Matthew Young, Ph.D.
Sun, Ju

University Of Minnesota
United States

SCH: A New Computational Framework for Learning from Imbalanced Biomedical Data 4R01CA287413-03 Claire Zhu, Ph.D.
Suter, Melissa J

Massachusetts General Hospital
United States

Early Detection and Diagnosis of Lung Cancer with Endomicroscopy 5R01CA255326-04 Guillermo Marquez, Ph.D.
Svatek, Robert Scott

University Of Texas Hlth Science Center
United States

eRapa for bladder cancer prevention 5R01CA252057-05 Howard L. Parnes, M.D.
Tabung, Fred Kinyuy

Ohio State University
United States

Role of the inflammatory dietary pattern in gut and colon tissue microbiomes and impact on survival outcomes among colorectal cancer patients 1R21CA294050-01 Amit Kumar, Ph.D.
Tamkus, Deimante

Cook County Health And Hospital System
United States

Stroger Hospital of Cook County (SHCC) MU-NCORP 3UG1CA190000-12S1 Brandy Heckman-Stoddard, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Tanasova, Marina

Michigan Technological University
United States

Molecular probes for targeting facilitative fructose transporters (GLUTs) in biochemical and biomedical applications 2R15CA242401-02A1 Wendy Wang, Ph.D., M.Sc.