Poorva Dharkar

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, USA

Title: TBA

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Biography

Poorva Dharkar, PhD, is an independent STEM consultant focused on attracting, retaining and expanding businesses in the US and India in the biotechnology, biopharma and STEM Education sectors. Dr. Dharkar has been involved in journal editorial boards, teaching & training positions, scientific societies, universities and colleges for designing curriculum for graduates, doctorates and advisory boards for organizations. Dr. Dharkar earned her doctorate from the University of Pune (National Chemical Laboratory) (2010), where she where she studied biochemistry and crystallography. She has an MBA from the University of Delaware where she received the MBA Alumni Leadership Award in 2018. As the AWIS Bethesda (MD) Chapter president for the past three years, Dr. Dharkar is focused on mentoring, broadening STEM participation, science outreach and promoting all women in STEM programs and leadership positions. She has been an AWIS Member since 2015.

Abstract

Research and analysis : Neuroscience, Oncology, Rare Diseases, COVID-19, Infectious diseases, Metabolomics, Translational science, Bioinformatics, Clinical informatics, software developers, data science