Dr. Ho is the Jacob G. Schmidlapp Chair of the Department of Environmental Health, Director of the Center for Environmental Genetics, and Co-Leader of the Hormonal Malignancies Program in the Joint Cancer Center, at the College of Medicine in the University of Cincinnati,Cincinnati, OH.
An expert in hormonal carcinogenesis, Dr. Ho’s research focuses on the significance of hormones and endocrine disruptors on carcinogenesis in the prostate, ovary, endometrium and mammary gland. Her research utilizes innovative genomic, epigenomic, proteomic, and bioinformatic approaches for the discovery of diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers, novel signaling pathways, mechanism-based therapeutics and interventions, and translational strategies for predicting patients’
responses. Her current programs center on developmental origins of complex diseases including cancer, effects of cadmium and polyaromatic hydrocarbon, oxidative stress, and inflammation-mediated cellular changes. She has served as the Scientific Counsel Member of the National Toxicology Program between 2001-2004, President-Elect of the Society of Basic Urological Research in 2005, Integration Panel Member of the Department of Defense Prostate Cancer Program since 2007, and is the recipient of the 2007 Women in Urology Award for Excellence in Urologic Research. She has been invited to chair numerous National Institutes of Health and Department of Defense study sections and strategic committees. Dr. Ho has published over 140 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals. Her current and past research projects have been continuously funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, American Cancer Society, the Department of Defense, and a number of private foundations.
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