Skip to main content

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.

On This Page

All Heading 2s will automatically be pulled in to this list.
Do not edit the content on this template.

Major Programs

Cancer Prevention Clinical Trials Network (CP-CTNet)

Staff List

Grid View

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	PI Organization Sort descending	Title	Grant Number	Program Official
Sanchez, Eduardo Vilar	University Of Tx Md Anderson Can Ctr United States	Cancer Immune-Interception for Lynch Syndrome	5R01CA257375-05	Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Acciavatti, Raymond Joseph	University Of Pennsylvania United States	Next-Generation Tomosynthesis Pilot Study	5R37CA273959-04	Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Curtius, Kathleen M.	University Of California, San Diego United States	Multiscale modeling of spatiotemporal evolution in Barrett's esophagus	5R01CA270235-03	Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Chan, Andrew T	Massachusetts General Hospital United States	MGH- PROSPECT: Pathways, Risk factors, and mOleculeS to Prevent Early-onset Colorectal Tumors	3OT2CA297680-01S1	Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Reese, Jennifer Barsky	Research Inst Of Fox Chase Can Ctr United States	Promoting Effective Clinical Communication about Sexual Health after Gynecologic Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Patient-Focused Intervention	5R01CA285674-02	Vanessa A. White, M.P.H.
Schmit, Stephanie L.	Cleveland Clinic Lerner Com-Cwru United States	Variation in tumor-associated immune profiles and colorectal cancer outcomes	5R01CA248931-05	Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Mehrara, Babak J	Sloan-Kettering Inst Can Research United States	Mechanisms of racial disparity in breast cancer-related lymphedema	5R01CA278599-04	Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Warner, Erica T	Massachusetts General Hospital United States	Aspirins legacy on cancer and overall benefit: risk balance over a 15-year horizon	3U01CA301988-02S1	Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Segata, Nicola	University Of Trento United States	PROSPECT - Microbiome Studies. (PATHWAYS, RISK FACTORS, AND MOLECULES TO PREVENT EARLY-ONSET COLORECTAL TUMOURS)	1OT2CA297205-01	Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Chan, Andrew T	Massachusetts General Hospital United States	Effects of inflammaging on intestinal epithelial cells and aspirin chemoprevention.	5R01CA257523-05	Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
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.
Elswick, Ronald K	Virginia Commonwealth University United States	A Randomized Controlled Trial using a Heuristic Tool To Improve Symptom Self-Management in Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer	5R01CA286799-03	Asad Umar, D.V.M., 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.
Markowitz, Sanford D.	Case Western Reserve University United States	A Clinical Trial of Cancer Prevention by Biomarker Based Detections of Barrett's Esophagus and Its Progression	5R01CA295877-02	Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Ulrich, Cornelia M	Utah State Higher Education System--University Of Utah United States	Adipose tissue-colorectal tumor cross-talk: new targets for breaking the obesity-cancer link	5R01CA254108-05	Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.