The Gastrointestinal (GI) Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) is an $11.3 million research grant awarded to the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) to establish a SPORE in GI cancers. Researchers from Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals, and Cleveland Clinic—all members of the cancer center consortium—collaborate in the research effort.
Case CCC is currently seeking proposals for projects to be included in the upcoming renewal application for the GI SPORE. Cancer center members are invited to submit proposals for projects that, if selected, may compete for up to five years of R01-level funding as part of the GI SPORE application.
Please email your project proposal to Lopa Das at lxd30@case.edu by July 25, 2024.
For more information, please visit the NCI SPORE website or contact GI SPORE Administrator Lopa Das at lxd30@case.edu.
SPORE Faculty
Sanford D. Markowitz, MD, PhD, SPORE Principal Investigator
Co-Leader, Project 1
Director, Core A
Professor, Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology
sxm10@case.edu
Nathan A. Berger, MD, SPORE Co-Principal Investigator
Co-Director, Core A
Director, Center for Science, Health and Society
Professor, Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology
nab@case.edu
Amitabh Chak, MD, MS
Co-Leader, Project 4
Professor, Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
axc22@case.edu
Pingfu Fu, PhD
Director, Core C
Professor, Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
pxf16@case.edu
Sudha K. Iyengar, PhD
Director, Core C
Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
sudha.iyengar@case.edu
Thomas LaFramboise, PhD
Director, Core C
Associate Professor, Genetics and Genome Sciences
thomas.laframboise@case.edu
Zhenghe John Wang, PhD
Co-Leader, Project 3
Professor, Genetics and Genome Sciences
zxw22@case.edu
Joseph E. Willis, MD
Co-Leader, Project 3
Director, Core B
Professor, Pathology
joseph.willis@case.edu
Contact
Lopa Das, PhD
GI SPORE Administrator
lxd30@case.edu
216.368.1976