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Scientific Advisory Committee
Scientific Advisory Committee
OCRA’s Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) comprises renowned doctors and researchers in the field of gynecologic oncology who help determine which grants we fund. This panel of esteemed experts reviews hundreds of proposals annually, selecting the most innovative and promising.
Meet the SAC
Ronald D. Alvarez, MD, MBA, Chair
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Deborah K. Armstrong, MD
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Robert C. Bast Jr., MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Andrew Berchuck, MD
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
Jonathan S. Berek, MD, MMS
Stanford University School of Medicine
Molly Brewer, DVM, MD, MS
University of Connecticut Health Center
Ronald Buckanovich, MD, PhD
Magee-Womens Research Institute
Kathleen Cho, MD
University of Michigan Medical School
Robert L. Coleman, MD
Vaniam Group
Oliver Dorigo, MD, PhD
Stanford University
Katherine Fuh, MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Gillian Hanley, PhD
University of British Columbia
Gwen Harding-Peets, PhD
Patient Advocate
David Huntsman, MD, FRCPC, FCCMG
University of British Columbia
Beth Y. Karlan, MD
UCLA Medical Center
Dineo Khabele, MD
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Ursula Matulonis, MD, Grants Oversight Chair
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Kathleen Moore, MD, MS
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Kenneth Nephew, PhD
University of Indiana
Sandra Orsulic, PhD
David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Celeste Leigh Pearce, PhD, MPH
University of Michigan
Carolyn D. Runowicz, MD
Florida International University
Ie-Ming Shih, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Anil K. Sood, MD
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Shelley Tworoger, PhD
Oregon Health and Science Center
Jason D. Wright, MD
Columbia University Medical Center
Former Members
- Jeff Boyd, PhD
- Carmel J. Cohen, MD
- Alan D. D’Andrea, MD
- Ronny I. Drapkin, MD, PhD
- Annie Ellis
- Ellen L. Goode, PhD
- Susan Leighton
- Ernst Lengyel, MD, PhD
- Douglas A. Levine, MD
- Carolyn Muller, MD, FACOG
- Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD
- Bob Ozols, MD, PhD
- Daniel J. Powell Jr., PhD
- Stephen C. Rubin, MD
- Michael Seiden, MD, PhD
- Elizabeth Swisher, MD
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