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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.

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Major Programs

Cancer Prevention Clinical Trials Network (CP-CTNet)

Staff List

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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	Title Sort descending	Grant Number	Program Official
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.
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.
Mosher, Catherine E	Indiana University Indianapolis United States	Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Patient Fatigue Interference and Caregiver Burden in Advanced Gastrointestinal Cancer	5R01CA289486-02
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.
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.
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.
Sanchez, Eduardo Vilar	University Of Tx Md Anderson Can Ctr United States	Cancer Immune-Interception in a Spontaneous Non-Human Primate Model of Lynch Syndrome	5R01CA260761-04	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.
Penedo, Frank J	University Of Miami Coral Gables United States	eHealth Supported Mindfulness-based Music Therapy Intervention (eMBMT) in Hemopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Patients	4R33CA263335-03	Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Hoshida, Yujin	Ut Southwestern Medical Center United States	Epigallocatechin gallate for prevention of lethal cirrhosis complications	5R01CA282178-02	Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Plas, Ellen Van Der	Arkansas Children'S Hospital Res Inst United States	Identifying markers of abnormal neurocognitive trajectories during chemotherapy treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia	5R37CA266135-04	Asad Umar, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Hall, Daniel Lee	Massachusetts General Hospital United States	Innovating CBT-I for Cancer Survivors: An Optimization Trial	5R21CA279248-02
Guo, Xingyi	Vanderbilt University Medical Center United States	Leveraging Omics and Electronic Health Records Data to study Colorectal Adenoma genetics and Drug Repurposing	1R01CA297582-01A1	Gary Della'Zanna, D.O., M.Sc.
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.
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.