GI Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE)

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.

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

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