Funds raised by the Pelotonia rides have been committed to continuing to recruit some of the brightest minds in cancer to Ohio State, and keeping them here. Below are some of the new basic, clinical, translational and population scientists who strive every day – in the lab, the hospital and the community – to create a cancer-free world.
Erin Bertino, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical Oncology - Inpatient Care
Recruited from Ohio State
Richard Goldberg, MD
Physician-in-Chief, OSUCCC – James
Medical Oncology - GI
Recruited from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Deliang Guo, PhD
Assistant Professor
Radiation Oncology - Tumor-Cell Metabolism
Recruited from UCLA
Thomas Ludwig, PhD
Visiting Associate Professor
Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
Modeling BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 Loss
Recruited from Ohio State
Mark Lustberg, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Infectious Disease
Recruited from Ohio State
Erin Olson, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical Oncology - Breast Cancer
Recruited from Dana Farber Cancer Institute Harvard Medical School
Flavia Pichiorri, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Hematology - Multiple Myeloma
Department of Internal Medicine
Recruited from Ohio State
Paul Reiter, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Cancer Prevention and Control
Recruited from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Peter Shields, MD
Deputy Director, OSUCCC – James
Cancer Prevention and Control, and Medical Oncology - Biomarkers of Cancer Risk
Recruited from Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University
Colleen Spees, PhD, MEd
Assistant Professor
Medical Dietetics and Health Sciences
School of Allied Medical Professions
Recruited from Ohio State
Meng Welliver, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Radiation Oncology - Novel Lung Cancer Treatments
Recruited from University of Pennsylvania
Terence Williams, MD
Radiation Oncology - Targeted Therapy
Recruited from University of Michigan
Christina Wu, MD
Assistant Professor – Clinical
Medical Oncology - High-Risk Colon Cancer
Recruited from Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University
Jianhua Yu, PhD
Assistant Professor
Hematology-Immuno-Cellular Therapy
Recruited from Ohio State
Fen Xia, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Radiation Oncology - DNA Repair
Recruited from Vanderbilt University