The Pelotonia Fellowship Program is an exciting fellowship program that provides funding to the next generation of cancer researchers/scientists at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute who have the potential to eventually become independent cancer researchers.
The sharing of ideas and the development of collaborations are two cornerstones of this fellowship program. To this end, a yearly scientific symposium brings together awardees, their mentors, world class scientists and leaders from the community.
The 2012 Pelotonia Fellowship Symposium was held:
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Ohio State's Biomedical Research Tower, Room 115
460 W. 12th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
Click here to view the agenda.
In addition to presentations by several Pelotonia Fellows, this year's featured speakers included these nationally-renowned scientists:
Charles J. Sherr, MD, PhD
“The INK4-ARF Tumor Suppressor: Regulation of
Cellular Self-renewal”
Member, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Faculty
Chair, Tumor Cell Biology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Co-Director, Molecular Oncology Program
Herrick Foundation Chair
Martine F. Roussel, PhD
“Molecular Networks and Cell of Origin of
Pediatric Medulloblastoma”
Member, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Faculty
Endowed Chair in Molecular Oncogenesis
Co-Director, Cancer Center Signal Transduction Program
Professor, Department of Molecular Sciences
The University of Tennessee Memphis
David E. Fisher, MD, PhD
"Signaling Pathways in Melanocytes and Melanoma Development"
Chief, Department of Dermatology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Edward Wigglesworth Professor of Dermatology
Harvard Medical School