About Us
The Ohio River Valley Cytometry Association (ORVCA) serves cytometrists within the greater Cincinnati area and is affiliated with the Cincinnati Children’s Research Flow Cytometry Core, Cincinnati Children’s Clinical Flow Cytometry Lab, Shriners Hospitals for Children Flow Cytometry Core and the University of Cincinnati.
Committee Members
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Sam Chiang, Co-Chair
Assistant Director for Development Diagnostic Immunology Laboratory
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
sam.chiang@cchmc.org -

Ameet Chimote, PhD, Chair
Research Scientist
University of Cincinnati
Ameet.chimote@uc.edu -

Birgit Ehmer
Advanced Cell Analysis Service Center Manager
University of Cincinnati
ehmerbe@uc.edu -

Maria Lehn
Senior Research Assistant
University of Cincinnati
schottmi@ucmail.uc.edu -

David Ohayon, PhD
Associate Staff Scientist
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
david.ohayon@cchmc.org -

Andrew Osterburg
Research Associate
University of Cincinnati
Osterbar@ucmail.uc.edu -

Celine Silva-Lages, PhD
Manager, Core Cytometry Facility
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Celine.Silva-Lages@cchmc.org -

Sherry Thornton, PhD
Director, Core Cytometry Facility
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Sherry.Thornton@cchmc.org