Bob Riter, Patient Advocate. Bob serves as the “point person” for connecting researchers and community members. He served as the executive director of the Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes for many years and is widely published on a variety of topics related to living with cancer. nr45@cornell.edu

Robert Weiss, PhD Professor of Molecular Genetics Department of Biomedical Sciences Senior Associate Dean Graduate School Cornell University

Claudia Fischbach, PhD Stanley Bryer 1946 Professor of Biomedical Engineering Nancy E. and Peter C. Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering Cornell University

Some of our graduates!

We’re delighted that so many of the students involved in this collaboration have graduated and are beginning their careers in cancer research. We’d love to hear from more of you! Please email us your updates at rnr45@cornell.edu

Alexandra McGregor, Ph.D.. Now at Cell Therapy Analytics (Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson)

Peter DelNero, Ph.D. (with Laura Austen). Now at the University of Arkansas

Clint Stalnecker, Ph.D. (now at the UNC Lineberger Cancer Center)

Pei Xin Lim, Ph.D. (now at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center)

Sachi Horibata, Ph.D. (now at Michigan State University) Melissa McDowell Ledet, Ph.D.

Elizabeth Wayne, Ph.D. (now at Carnegie-Mellon University)

Timothy Pierpont, Ph.D. (Now at Cornell University)

Darshil Patel, Ph.D. Now at Siemens Healthineers

Amy Lyndaker, Ph.D. Now at Cornell University

Nora Springer, DVM, Ph.D. Now at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine

Oriana Y Teran Pumar, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Bayik Lab Sylvester Cancer Center
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine