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

Ellen L. Goode, PhD

Mayo Clinic

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

Susan Leighton

National Program Director, OCRA’s Survivors Teaching Students

Ernst Lengyel, MD, PhD

University of Chicago

Ursula Matulonis, MD, Grants Oversight Chair

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Kathleen Moore, MD, MS

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

Carolyn Muller, MD, FACOG

University of New Mexico

Kenneth Nephew, PhD

University of Indiana

Kunle Odunsi, MD, PhD

University of Chicago

Sandra Orsulic, PhD

David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Celeste Leigh Pearce, PhD, MPH

University of Michigan

Stephen C. Rubin, MD

Fox Chase Cancer Center

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

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