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Prostate and Urologic Cancers

Conducts and supports research on the prevention and early detection of prostate and bladder cancers. Develops and supports prevention trials and evaluation of new agents, surrogate biomarkers, and emerging technologies for identifying premalignant lesions.

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Major Programs

Staff List

Photo Name, Email, Phone Room Group(s)/Office
Asefa, Mela
mela.asefa@nih.gov
240-276-6422
5E328 Program Support Assistant | Breast and Gynecologic Cancer
Program Support Assistant | Prostate and Urologic Cancer
House, Margaret, RN, B.S.N.
margaret.house@nih.gov
240-276-7047
5E306 Deputy Chief | Prostate and Urologic Cancer
Parnes, Howard L., M.D.
howard.parnes@nih.gov
240-276-7045
5E302 Chief | Prostate and Urologic Cancer

Grants

PI Name Sort descending PI Organization Title Grant Number Program Official
Anderson, Karen Sue

Arizona State University-Tempe Campus
United States

Southwest EDRN Clinical Validation Center for Head and Neck Cancer 5U01CA281660-03 Wendy Wang, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Arnold, Corey Wells

University Of California Los Angeles
United States

Computational Feature Profiling and Modeling for Prostate Cancer Detection and Risk Stratification 5R01CA279666-02 Indu Kohaar, Ph.D., M.Phil., M.Sc.
Atigadda, Venkatram Reddy

University Of Alabama At Birmingham
United States

Development of Potent and non-toxic rexinoids to prevent non-melanoma skin cancer 5R01CA276683-03
Backman, Vadim

Northwestern University At Chicago
United States

Optical hyperspectral nanoscale chromatin analysis for colon cancer risk-stratification 1R01CA289294-01A1 Claire Zhu, Ph.D.
Badu-Tawiah, Abraham

Ohio State University
United States

Multiplexed Paper-Based Blood Test for Early-Stage Colorectal Cancer Screening 5R21CA270727-02 Claire Zhu, Ph.D.
Badve, Sunil S.

Emory University
United States

Early prediction of lethal phenotypes in triple negative breast cancer using multiscale, multi-modality platforms 5R01CA281932-02 Wendy Wang, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Bae-Jump, Victoria Lin

Univ Of North Carolina Chapel Hill
United States

Obesity-driven Metabolic and Molecular Biomarkers of Metformin Response in Endometrial Cancer 5R37CA226969-07 Goli Samimi, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Baghdadi, Tareq Al

Saint Joseph Mercy Health System
United States

Michigan Cancer Research Consortium NCORP 3UG1CA189971-11S1 Vanessa A. White, M.P.H.
Balaj, Leonora

Massachusetts General Hospital
United States

Standardized Molecular Analyses of Glioma EVs 5R01CA237500-05 Matthew Young, Ph.D.
Balskus, Emily Patricia

Harvard University
United States

PROSPECT: Pathways, Risk factors, and mOleculeS to Prevent Early-onset Colorectal Tumors 3OT2CA297577-01S1 Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Balu, Mihaela

University Of California-Irvine
United States

Fast, large area, multiphoton exoscope (FLAME) for improving early detection of melanoma 4R01CA259019-04 Guillermo Marquez, Ph.D.
Banerjee, Imon

Mayo Clinic Arizona
United States

Multimodal AI Fusion Model for Early Detection for Pancreatic Cancer 5R01CA289249-02 Nicholas Hodges, Ph.D.
Bao, Ting

Dana-Farber Cancer Inst
United States

Acupuncture for Chemothrapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy Treatment (ACT) Trial 5R37CA248563-05 Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Bao, Ting

Dana-Farber Cancer Inst
United States

Yoga for Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy Treatment (YCT) Trial 5R01CA251470-06 Goli Samimi, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Barber, Glen N.

Ohio State University
United States

Development of A HTLV-1 Vaccine 7R01CA252049-05 Marjorie Perloff, M.D.