Location of Early Career Investigators – 2019-2023

Kenneth Nephew, PhD
Indiana University
OCA Dean
Melissa Merritt
Shelly Tworoger, Anne Cust, mentor
The Daffodil Centre, University of Sydney
Ronny Drapkin, MD, PhD
OCA Assistant Dean
Achuth Padmanabhan
le-Ming Shih, Charles Bieberich, mentor
UMBC, University of Maryland
Katherine Chiappinelli
Daniel Powell, Catherine Bollard, mentor
George Washington University
School of Medicine
Naoko Sasamoto
Kathryn Terry, John Quackenbush, mentor
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
and Harvard Medical School
Salvatore Condello
Daniela Matei, mentor
Indiana University School of Medicine
Thing Soong
Elizabeth Swisher, Anda M. Vlad, mentor
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Marion Curtis
Scott Kaufmann, Diane Jelinek, mentor
College of Medicine and
Science, Mayo Clinic
Jogender Tushir-Singh
Sharon Stack, mentor
University of California Davis
Denarda Dangaj
Jose Conejo-Garcia, George Coukos, mentor
Ludwig Institute for Cancer
Research Lausanne
Priyanka Verma
Dineo Khabele, mentor
Washington University School of Medicine
Alexandre (Alex) Gaspar-Maia
Fergus Couch, John Weroha, mentor
Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic
Rachel Vogel
Geller and Nelson, mentor
Medical School University of Minnesota
Alexander (Alex) Melamad
Robert Coleman, Cesar Castro, mentor
Harvard Medical School
Oladapo Yeku
David Spriggs, mentor
Harvard Medical School