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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
Shirwan, Haval

University Of Missouri-Columbia
United States

Developing a novel agonist of CD137 for cancer immunoprevention 5UG3CA290305-02 Altaf Mohammed, Ph.D.
Shu, Xiao-Ou

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
United States

Use of Circulating MicroRNAs for Early Detection and Risk Assessment for Pancreatic Cancer 5R01CA227133-05 Matthew Young, Ph.D.
Shureiqi, Imad

University Of Michigan At Ann Arbor
United States

ALOX15 regulation of colon cancer invasiveness via PI3P-linoleic acid metabolism 5R01CA266223-04 Nancy J. Emenaker, Ph.D., RDN, LD, FAND
Siddique, Shahzad

Commonspirit Health Research Institute
United States

CIRI Oncology Research Alliance 3UG1CA189809-11S1 Vanessa A. White, M.P.H.
Sidransky, David

Johns Hopkins University
United States

Racial differences in Immunogenetic Tumorigenesis of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma 5R01CA265975-04 Wendy Wang, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Sieren, Jessica C

University Of Iowa
United States

Lung cancer screening efficacy enhanced through radiomic and epigenetic biomarkers 5R01CA267820-03 Nicholas Hodges, Ph.D.
Sigel, Keith Magnus

Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai
United States

The effectiveness of screening women with lower genital tract neoplasia or cancers for anal cancer precursors 4R01CA256660-05 Vikrant Sahasrabuddhe, M.B.B.S., M.P.H., Dr.P.H.
Simeone, Diane M

University Of California, San Diego
United States

Biomarker Validation in Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms 5U01CA282272-03 Matthew Young, Ph.D.
Siminski, Suzanne M.

Frontier Sci & Technology Rsch Fdn, Inc
United States

CASCADE Coordinating Center 5U24CA275417-04 Maria Silvina Frech, Ph.D., M.S.
Singal, Amit

Ut Southwestern Medical Center
United States

Precision Screening for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Cirrhosis 5R01CA222900-06
Singal, Amit

Ut Southwestern Medical Center
United States

Clinical Validation Center for Hepatocellular Carcinoma 5U01CA271887-04 Indu Kohaar, Ph.D., M.Phil., M.Sc.
Singal, Amit

Ut Southwestern Medical Center
United States

Precision Risk Stratification and Screening for HCC among Patients with Cirrhosis in the United States 5U01CA230694-05
Singal, Amit

Ut Southwestern Medical Center
United States

Precision Risk Stratification and Screening for HCC among Patients with Indeterminate Liver Nodules 4U01CA283935-03 Sidney Fu, M.D.
Siskind, Leah J

University Of Louisville
United States

Protecting the kidney from cisplatin induced injury and progression to chronic kidney disease 1R01CA305985-01 Marjorie Perloff, M.D.
Skates, Steven J

Massachusetts General Hospital
United States

Genome-wide methylation and proteomic analysis of uterine lavage and cervical swab for early detection of ovarian cancer 5U2CCA271871-03 Christos Patriotis, Ph.D., M.Sc.