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Ofelia A. Olivero, Ph.D.

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Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics
Carcinogen-DNA Interactions Section
Associate Scientist
National Cancer Institute
Building 37, Room 4032B
37 Convent Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone:  
 301-435-7843
Fax:  
 301-402-8230
E-Mail:  
 oliveroo@mail.nih.gov

Biography

Dr. Ofelia A. Olivero obtained her PhD in cytogenetics in Argentina and subsequently joined the National Cancer Institute where she has worked since 1987. Dr. Olivero's initial work focused on the relationship between cytogenetics and cancer, and she was able to map DNA adducts on chromosomes using antibodies against DNA adducts. Later she focused on transplacental carcinogenesis induced by the nucleoside analogs that are mainly used in AIDS therapy. Together with her colleagues, she showed for the first time that the nucleoside analog used in the earliest AIDS therapy was a transplacental carcinogen in mice. She is currently a Staff Scientist in the Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics at NCI where she is applying microarray techniques to investigate mechanisms of nucleoside analog-induced carcinogenesis and exploring centrosomal amplification induced by nucleoside analogs. She has been instrumental in the creation and organization of the Staff Scientists/Staff Clinicians Organization in CCR, NCI, and is serving as a Co-chair for that organization. She is the Chair of the Executive Board of the Genetic Toxicology Association and co-chairs a committee of the Environmental Mutagen Society and the Society of Toxicology.
Dr. Olivero has been an active member of the NIH-Hispanic Employee Organization since 1999 and is currently a past president. She is a member of the Minorities in Cancer Research group as well as Women in Cancer Research. She has been invited to mentor students and to participate in SACNAS, Society for the Advance of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science. She is the author of more than 50 peer-reviewed articles and has been invited to deliver numerous talks in the USA and abroad. She is the recipient of many awards, including the Leading Diversity Award form the National Cancer Institute.

This page was last updated on 10/10/2008.