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Summary
 

  • Member of the Therapeutic Area Medical Strategy Group at Takeda Pharmaceuticals focusing on building professional relationship with key stakeholders to expand Shire’s research, advisory and educational partnership opportunities.

  • Ten plus years of proven and published research experience in functional genomics and systems biology.

  • Co-Founder of Ovodex an exciting start up aiming to accelerate cancer research and advance precision medicine.

  • Executed rapid concept to product transition of a novel chicken egg-based platform technology as inventor and entrepreneur.

  • Successfully led a product development program and provided turn key research and development services to clients as Technical Director of an Advanced Technical Core

Certifications

  • Business Innovation for Successful Entrepreneurship  McCombs School of Business

  • Certificate in Scientific Writing                           Stanford University

  • Principles and Practice of Clinical Research         National Institute of Health

  • Certificate in Intellectual Property Law                    Indian Law Institute

Work​

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Scientific Director, Rare Diseases
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
2022 - Present
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Associate Scientific Director, Rare Diseases
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
2020 - Present
 
Senior Medical Science Liaison, Rare Diseases
Shire Pharmaceuticals
2018 - 2019
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Medical Science Liaison, Rare Diseases
Shire Pharmaceuticals
2017 - 2018
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Director, Advanced In Vivo Models
Patient-Derived Xenograft and Advanced In Vivo Models Core
Baylor College of Medicine

2016 - 2017

 

  • Set up a state of the art GLP compliant research service center

  • Planned and executed an innovative product development program that facilitates bench-bed research to accelerate precision medicine initiatives

  • Established important strategic relationships, partnerships, and collaborations within the Texas Medical Center

 

Key Achievements:

  • Received $100,000 Breast Cancer SPORE supplement award for 2016-17

  • Commenced revenue generating operations from July, 2016

  • Developed an active user base of 6 research groups within 2 months of launch

 
Co-Founder/CEO
OVODEX

2016 - 2017

Developed a chicken egg-based disruptive platform technology that offers a rapid, scalable, and cost-efficient solution for engrafting, and culturing tumor samples, and cancer cell lines across different cancer types.

 

Key Achievements:

  • Finalist (top 10) from among 750 teams in the 2016 OneStart Competition

  • Semi-finalist (top 500) among 3000 teams in 2016 Hello Tomorrow Challenge

  • Raised $100,000 from Baylor College of Medicine to support an onsite Technical Core facility based on Ovodex's technology

  • Successfully launched multiple products based on Ovodex's technology spearheading research/product development, and commercialization

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Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Otolaryngology
Baylor College of Medicine

​2014 - 2016

 

Applied a systems biology driven approach to unravel the molecular mechanisms driving head and neck cancers.

 

Key Achievements:

  • Successfully established a novel chicken egg-based cancer model within a year of joining the group

  • Filed utility patent for a novel chicken-egg based pan-cancer model

  • Led concept-product transition of the chicken-egg based platform technology

  • Performed first successful Immunosequencing based profiling of patient samples as part of a clinical trial with Advaxis

  • Established multiple collaborations with the Texas Medical Center,  and leading ongoing projects with multidisciplinary groups.

 

 

Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Pathology & Cell Biology
University of South Florida

2010 - 2014

 

Generated transgenic mouse cancer models to identify drug targets for safer and effective lung cancer therapies.

 

Key Achievements:

  • Published 6 high impact research articles in leading peer reviewed journals

  • Filed patent for a PEI-based universal transfection reagent

  • Coordinated laboratory activities, and managed resources and personnel.

  • Trained and led a team of undergraduate, masters’ and graduate students.

  • Awarded Best Researcher at USF-Research Day for two consecutive years (2012,2013)

Honors and Awards
Honors and Awards
Honors and Awards
Leadership Role

President - 2011 to 2013

Post doctoral Association, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA.

 

Elected for two consecutive terms to lead more than 200 Post-Doctoral Fellows at the University of South Florida across Tampa, Sarasota-Manatee and St. Petersburg campuses.

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Key Achievement:

Raised $5000 in 2011-2012 through an innovative vendor show program.

Editorial Role
Editorial Role

  • Managing Editor                   (2012-2017)  Journal of Postdoctoral Research.U.S.A.

  • Assistant Editor  (2004-2010)  Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants. India

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Books and Book Chapters

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Conference Presentations

Podium presentations

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Poster presentations

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Education

Ph.D., Biotechnology​
G.G.S. Indraprastha University
University School of Biotechnology, Delhi, India

2003 - 2010

 

Studied signal transduction mechanisms in nitrate responsive gene expression using a functional genomics approach.  Generated and analyzed high throughout gene expression data from rice to predict and validate potential targets for crop improvement and nutrient efficiency.

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Key Achievements:

  • Set up a  functional genomics laboratory and delivered committed objectives on time, and within a budget (of ~ USD 50,000).

  • Successfully negotiated and led an Academia-Industry partnership to perform the first whole genome plant microarray in India.

  • Trained and mentored 16 undergraduate and 6 masters’ level students.

  • Optimized a novel method for isolation of high quality RNA from cyanobacteria.

  • Published in leading peer reviewed journals, and released a sole-authored book on Biotechnology.

 

 

Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration
Symbiosis International University, Pune, India

​2004 - 2006

 

​Master of  Science, M.Sc.

Mumbai University, Mumbai, India

2001-2003

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Bachelor of  Science, B.Sc.

Ramnarain Ruia College, Mumbai University, Mumbai, India

1998-2001

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