Center for Cancer Engineering – Curing Cancer
Through Research in Engineering and Sciences
Bridging Medical and Engineering Research Fields
The OSUCCC – James Center for Cancer Engineering – Curing Cancer Through Research in Engineering and Sciences (CCE-CURES) program is a collaboration to design, develop and integrate innovative engineering technologies and data analytic approaches with cancer biology, biomechanics and fundamental science. The goal: to enhance cancer prevention, detection, diagnosis and treatment to improve the lives of patients.
Approaching Cancer Research in Innovative Ways
The vision of CCE-CURES is to design, develop and integrate innovative engineering technologies and data analytic approaches to advance the understanding of cancer biology, biomechanics and clinical data. The program offers new training opportunities, high-impact collaborative research, collaborative and cross-disciplinary funding, and technology development and transfer.
The vision of CCE-CURES is to design, develop and integrate innovative engineering technologies and data analytic approa...
read moreThree Primary Areas of Focus
Our goal is to drive new discoveries that transform cancer care.
Multimodal and Multiscale Imaging and Detection
Using advanced microscopy methods (including cryo-electron microscopy), developing methods for analysis of molecular structure/function and drug design, and developing high throughput methods to confirm biological functions, molecular or cellular interactions or drug screens.
Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Drug Delivery
Develop innovative cell culture scaffolds and technologies in support of basic and translational research, to use biofabrication of tissue scaffolds for organoid multi-organ and tumor microenvironment modeling and target validation, to develop nanostructures or nanomaterials for drug delivery and immunotherapy, and to develop bioprinted materials for surgical approaches to local or metastatic disease.
Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence
Developing new machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms for multi-omics data analytics (phenotypes, genomic, proteomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, etc.) and applications to imaging and structural data for biomechanical modeling.
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A Magnetic Force Against Cancer
A meeting of the minds between engineering and medicine at Ohio State has the potential to help improve future therapies and treatments for one of the most deadly forms of brain cancer – glioblastoma.
Improving Cancer Diagnostics Through Microfluidics
Dr. Raphael Pollock, director of The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, is collaborating with fellow Ohio State researcher Dr. Shaurya Prakash on a new microfluidic device designed to better diagnose and detect sarcomas.
Dr. Jonathan Song Appointed Co-Director of the Cancer Engineering Center
Dr. Song will be working alongside OSUCCC colleague Dr. Matthew Ringel, professor of medicine and co-leader of the Cancer Biology Program. The Cancer Engineering Center is the next step in growing focus on Cancer Engineering, following the Cross-Disciplinary Postdoctoral Scholars Program (CPSP).
Interdisciplinary Effort to Develop Next Generation of Cancer Researchers
Ohio State's College of Engineering and Comprehensive Cancer Center have launched a collaborative initiative to support postdoctoral researchers leading innovative studies. The Cross-Disciplinary Postdoctoral Scholars Program (CPSP) will recognize outstanding young researchers at Ohio State as well as facilitate recruitment of highly qualified postdoctoral researchers, who will become leaders in the research fields bridging medicine and engineering.
Patient-Specific Responses to Breast Cancer Treatment
Patient-Specific Responses to Breast Cancer Treatment
Best and Brightest Minds in Cancer Engineering
An integrated campus-wide team of cancer researchers, physicians and engineering experts work together to develop
solutions and technologies that lead to fundamental and clinical discoveries. Learn more about some of our researchers below.
Shamsul Arafin, PhD
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Arafin has significant experiences on the design, fabrication and characterization of semiconductor infrared diode lasers, photonic ICs and the associated subsystems.
Richard Fishel, PhD
Cancer Biology and Genetics
Dr. Fishel’s research interests includes DNA repair defects and genomic instability in cancer development, biophysical chemistry of DNA repair and single molecule imaging in vitro and in vivo.
Daniel Gallego-Perez, PhD
Biomedical Engineering, General Surgery
Dr. Gallego-Perez's research is focused on engineering novel nanoscale tools for fundamental and translational/applied cancer research.
Jennifer Leight, PhD
Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Leight's lab is developing technologies which maintain human breast tumor tissue in three-dimensional hydrogels to mimic human disease while simultaneously providing outputs of cell function quickly and easily.
Eduardo Reategui, PhD
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Dr. Reategui's research group focuses on the development of microtechnologies, biomaterials and molecular-imaging methods for high-throughput sorting and molecular profiling of circulating cancer biomarkers.
Gina Sizemore, PhD
Radiation Oncology
Dr. Sizmore's research integrates in vitro and in vivo modeling of the brain metastatic tumor microenvironment (TME) to provide mechanistic insight into how the brain metastatic TME contributes to breast cancer metastatic progression.
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