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Elaine Mardis, Ph.D.

The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Co-Executive Director, The Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital Professor of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Dr. Mardis is co-Executive Director of the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and the Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Endowed Chair in Genomic Medicine. She also is Professor…

Dr. Mardis is co-Executive Director of the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and the Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Endowed Chair in Genomic Medicine. She also is Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Her research focuses on cancer genomics from a discovery and translational perspective, with the goal of identifying the best therapeutic approach to fighting an individual’s cancer by determining common driver mutations/genes and pathways that can cause cancer to develop and progress. Dr. Mardis has authored over 350 articles in prestigious peer-reviewed journals and has written book chapters for several medical textbooks. She serves as Deputy Editor for Disease Models and Mechanisms, Editor-in-Chief of Molecular Cancer Research, and Co-Editor in Chief of Cancer Research Communications. Dr. Mardis has given lectures at scientific meetings worldwide, and was awarded the Morton K Schwartz award from the American Association for Clinical Chemistry in 2016, and the Heath Memorial Award from MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2019. She has been listed since 2013 as one of the most highly cited researchers in the world by Clarivate/Thompson Reuters. Dr. Mardis has been a member of the AACR since 2007, was the program committee chair for the 2018 AACR Annual Meeting, and served as the AACR President from 2019-2020. She was elected to membership in the National Academy of Medicine in 2019.