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 ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½, University Hospitals, and Cleveland Clinic—all members of the cancer center consortium—collaborate in the research effort.

For more information, please visit the  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