OCR Grants Process
Ohio Cancer Research funded investigators are exploring innovative areas of cancer research in the genetic causes and preventions of cancer, skin cancer, stomach cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer, liver cancer, kidney cancer, breast cancer, leukemia, vaccine studies, DNA studies, and new therapeutic strategies.
Projects are selected by the OCR Scientific Review Committee with the help of out-of-state reviewers from across the country and the world. The Scientific Review Committee is comprised of doctors and scientists from around Ohio. Committee Chair, Susan Cole, PhD, The Ohio State University, heads this distinguished panel of researchers and cancer experts.
Scientific Review Committee
Susan Cole, PhD – Chair
Professor & Vice Chair
Molecular Genetics
The Ohio State University
Tom Cunningham, PhD
Assistant Professor
Cancer Biology
University of Cincinnati
Stephen Fink, PhD
Assistant Professor
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Case Western Reserve University
Justin Lathia, PhD
Professor & Vice Chair
Cellular & Molecular Medicine
Cleveland Clinic
Anne Strohecker, PhD
Assistant Professor
Cancer Biology and Genetics
The Ohio State University
Kam Yeung, PhD
Assistant Professor
Cell & Cancer Biology
University of Toledo
Heather Conti, PhD
Assistant Professor
Biological Sciences
University of Toledo
Ivana de la Serna, PhD
Associate Professor
Cell & Cancer Biology
University of Toledo
Harold A. Fisk, PhD
Associate Professor
Molecular Genetics
The Ohio State University
John Pink, PhD
Assistant Professor
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Case Western Reserve University
Associate Professor
The Ohio State University