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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
Cantuaria, Guilherme

Northside Hospital Atlanta
United States

Georgia NCI Community Oncology Research Program (GA NCORP) 3UG1CA189997-11S1 Vanessa A. White, M.P.H.
Cao, Weidan

Ohio State University
United States

Treatment-Related Cardiotoxicity Risk Prediction for Breast Cancer Patients with a Multimodal AI-based System 1R01CA301579-01 Eileen Dimond, R.N., M.S.
Cao, Yin

Washington University
United States

PROSPECT-Global Consortium and Risk Factor Discovery 3OT2CA297576-01S1 Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Cao, Shugeng

University Of Hawaii At Hilo
United States

Discovery of novel natural TEAD inhibitors for the chemoprevention of liver tumors 5UG3CA290375-02 Altaf Mohammed, Ph.D.
Cao, Yin

Washington University
United States

Obesity, sedentary behaviors, and diet quality for prevention and early detection of early-onset colorectal neoplasia 4R37CA246175-06 Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Carlson, Jay W

Ozark Health Ventures, Llc
United States

Ozark Health Ventures LLC dba Cancer Research for the Ozarks (CRO) 3UG1CA189822-11S1 Vanessa A. White, M.P.H.
Carson, Tiffany Lashaun

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Ctr & Res Inst
United States

Determining the structural- and functional-level effects of diet-specific interventions on the gut microbiota of a diverse sample of Southern United States adults 5R01CA253219-06 Young Kim, Ph.D.
Castilla, Lucio H.

Univ Of Massachusetts Med Sch Worcester
United States

Study of tyrosine kinase inhibitors as preventive therapy in RUNX1-FPD 1U01CA296350-01 Marjorie Perloff, M.D.
Castro, Cesar M

Massachusetts General Hospital
United States

Composing CODAs to cervical cancer screening through an integrated CRISPR and fluorescent nucleic acid approach 3U01CA279858-03S2 Christos Patriotis, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Caulin, Carlos

University Of Arizona
United States

Genetic Alterations That Confer High Risk to Oral Premalignant Lesions 5R01CA274857-04
Caywood, Emi H

Nemours Children'S Hospital, Delaware
United States

Nemours NCI Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP) 3UG1CA189958-11S1 Vanessa A. White, M.P.H.
Chak, Amitabh

Case Western Reserve University
United States

Pathways of Injury and Repair in Barrett's Carcinogenesis 5P01CA269019-03 Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Chan, Andrew T

Massachusetts General Hospital
United States

Precision Prevention Research Program 5R35CA253185-06 Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Chan, Daniel Wanyui

Johns Hopkins University
United States

BCC for Prostate Cancer: Discovery and Translation of Biomarkers for Clinical Unmet Needs 5U2CCA271895-03 Indu Kohaar, Ph.D., M.Phil., M.Sc.
Chan, Alexandre

University Of California-Irvine
United States

Neurotrophic strategy to mitigate chemotherapy-related brain injury 5R01CA276212-03 John Clifford, Ph.D.