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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
Suga, Jennifer Marie

Kaiser Foundation Research Institute
United States

Kaiser Permanente NCI National Community Oncology Research Program, NCORP 3UG1CA189821-11S1 Vanessa A. White, M.P.H.
Sukumar, Saraswati

Johns Hopkins University
United States

Development of an automated, point of care DNA methylation cartridge blood test for colorectal cancer detection in LMICs- an academic-industrial partnership 3R01CA278816-03S1 Matthew Young, Ph.D.
Sun, Ju

University Of Minnesota
United States

SCH: A New Computational Framework for Learning from Imbalanced Biomedical Data 4R01CA287413-03 Claire Zhu, Ph.D.
Suter, Melissa J

Massachusetts General Hospital
United States

Early Detection and Diagnosis of Lung Cancer with Endomicroscopy 5R01CA255326-04 Guillermo Marquez, Ph.D.
Svatek, Robert Scott

University Of Texas Hlth Science Center
United States

eRapa for bladder cancer prevention 5R01CA252057-05 Howard L. Parnes, M.D.
Tabung, Fred Kinyuy

Ohio State University
United States

Role of the inflammatory dietary pattern in gut and colon tissue microbiomes and impact on survival outcomes among colorectal cancer patients 1R21CA294050-01 Amit Kumar, Ph.D.
Tamkus, Deimante

Cook County Health And Hospital System
United States

Stroger Hospital of Cook County (SHCC) MU-NCORP 3UG1CA190000-12S1 Brandy Heckman-Stoddard, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Tanasova, Marina

Michigan Technological University
United States

Molecular probes for targeting facilitative fructose transporters (GLUTs) in biochemical and biomedical applications 2R15CA242401-02A1 Wendy Wang, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Taouli, Bachir

Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai
United States

Abbreviated MRI for HCC screening in cirrhotic patients 5R01CA249765-05 Guillermo Marquez, Ph.D.
Taratula, Oleh

Oregon State University
United States

Novel Nanomedicine-Based Therapeutic Approach For Treatment of Cancer Cachexia 5R37CA234006-07 Brandy Heckman-Stoddard, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Tayob, Nabihah

Dana-Farber Cancer Inst
United States

Biomarker screening algorithms for the improved early detection of hepatocellular carcinoma 5R01CA230503-07 Nicholas Hodges, Ph.D.
Tearney, Guillermo J

Massachusetts General Hospital
United States

Colorectal Cancer Screening with Optical Coherence Tomography 5R01CA280972-02 Matthew Young, Ph.D.
Temprosa, Marinella

George Washington University
United States

22/22 Limited Competition for the Continuation of the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS) – Biostatistics Center 2U01DK048489-28 Brandy Heckman-Stoddard, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Temprosa, Marinella

George Washington University
United States

22/22 Limited Competition for the Continuation of the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study (DPPOS) – Biostatistics Center 2U01DK048489-28 Brandy Heckman-Stoddard, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Tennis, Meredith A

University Of Colorado Denver
United States

Modeling lung squamous cell carcinoma premalignancy and prevention 1R01CA298925-01