Stanton Lab Staff

Benjamin Stanton, PhD
Principal Investigator

Benjamin Stanton, PhD, leads the Systems Epigenetics Group at Nationwide Children’s and The Ohio State University College of Medicine. His main research interests relate to understanding chromatin activation in childhood cancer, understanding how epigenetic repression influences genome organization in human disease and developing interdisciplinary approaches for new methods in systems epigenetics. Dr. Stanton cares deeply about mentoring the next generation of scientists. He enjoys spending time with his wife, Abby, his son, Zev, and his daughter, Ayelet.

Rachel Hoffman, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Rachel Hoffman, PhD, investigates chromatin replication and is studying how the epigenome is inherited in pediatric cancer.

Chamithi Karunanayake, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Chamithi Karunanayake, PhD, investigates cancer epigenetics to provide conceptual links between genomics and biochemistry.

Tugce Soysal, MD
Research Associate

Dr. Tugce Soysal studies how oncogenic transcription factors alter cell state in sarcoma.

Cathy Song
Graduate Student

Cathy Song (OSU MCDB Program) investigates how the immune system recognizes sarcoma and how the epigenome shapes and responds to immune cell engagement with sarcoma.

Hayden Statmore
Undergraduate Researcher

Hayden Statmore investigates how oncogenic transcription factors engage chromatin in motif-specific contexts in childhood cancer.

Ambuj Kumar, PhD
Bioinformaticist

Dr. Ambuj Kumar leads exciting selected informatics efforts within Stanton lab, in addition to larger contributions to many impactful efforts for the Center for Childhood Cancer Research.