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Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center: Joyce Ohm

Dec 14, 2022

Joyce Ohm has been appointed as chair of cancer genetics and genomics and as the John & Santa Palisano endowed chair of cancer genetics at the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. She previously served as interim chair of the department. Ohm, an expert in epigenetics, joined Roswell Park in 2016 as associate professor of oncology. She holds a PhD in cancer biology from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

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