Shiv Verma is a cancer research scientist in the Department of Urology, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), and works under Prof. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a renowned scientist/researcher who has been pursuing translational cancer research for over 25 years. He received his Ph.D. in Life Sciences from Devi Ahilya University, India, and was an NSERC visiting scientist at the Canadian Government laboratory. Before joining CWRU, he was a postdoc fellow at the University of Alberta, Canada, and the University of Pennsylvania, PA. He served as a judge for undergraduate research event intersections at CWRU School of Medicine. Dr. Verma also serves as a review board member of scientific journals, including the British Journal of Cancers, Cells, International Journal of Medical Science (IJMS), Current Oncology, Cancers Journal, and Archives of Chronic Diseases. He earned experience in translational cancer research including cancer prevention, drug resistance, and the treatment of prostate and bladder cancer. His primary area of interest is investigating the signaling pathways related to cancer metabolism, biomarkers, and therapeutic target proteins of translational value. His research seeks to find precision medicine and personalized therapy for cancer patients of any race or ethnicity. He was awarded with the I-CORPS translational fellow program at the School of Medicine’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at CWRU.