Laura S. Wood RN, MSN, OCN

Laura Wood has 25 years of experience as an oncology nurse in a variety of clinical settings. She has been involved in the care of cancer patients participating in clinical trials since 1994 and is currently the Renal Cancer Clinical Research Coordinator in the Solid Tumor Oncology Program at the Cleveland Clinic Cancer Institute in Cleveland, Ohio. She is the co-chair of the Kidney Cancer Association Nursing Advisory Board, coordinating and providing expertise in the development of educational materials and web-based information for patients and their loved ones.

Laura is active in the local and national Oncology Nursing Society and is a member of the ONS: Edge Oncology Nurse Expert Panel (ONEP). She is also a member of the Clinical Trials and Biotherapy Special Interest Groups of the Oncology Nursing Society. A national and international lecturer on topics related to oncology nursing, and has authored many book chapters and journal articles on therapeutic approaches and nursing care in the management of cancer, with a focus on kidney cancer.

Laura was the recipient of the 2012 Oncology Nursing Society Clinical Lectureship Award, the 2005 Emma Barr Award for Clinical Excellence from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and the 2004 Oncology Nursing Society Excellence in Biotherapy Nursing Award.