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, Cancer and Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics, The Ohio State University
Tom Cunningham, PhD
Assistant Professor
Cancer Biology, University of Cincinnati
Ivana de la Serna, PhD
Associate Professor
Biochemistry & Cancer Biology, University of Toledo
Stephen Fink, PhD
Assistant Professor, General Medical Sciences-Oncology
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University
Harold A. Fisk, PhD
Associate Professor
Molecular Genetics & Cancer Biology and Genetics, The Ohio State University
Ana Luisa Kadekaro, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dermatology, University of Cincinnati
Justin Lathia, PhD
Vice Chair, Department of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Sciences
Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic
Deborah Parris, PhD
Professor Emeritus
The Ohio State University
John Pink, PhD
Assistant Professor
General Medical Sciences Oncology, Case Western Reserve University
Associate Professor
Dawn Wooley, PhD
Associate Professor, Neuroscience Cell
Biology & Physiology, Wright State University
Kam Yeung, PhD
Assistant Professor
Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, University of Toledo