Expertise

Dr. Mithua Ghosh is the Director, R&D and Head of Department
of Molecular and Clinical Genomics at Strand Life Sciences is an
accomplished cancer biologist with over 18 years of academic and
corporate experiences in fields of cancer biology and genomics,
molecular pathology, translational research, and stem cell research.
After her Ph. D, she pursued a post-doctoral fellowship at Wright
State University, Dayton, USA on the role of various oncogenes
involving the p53 pathway. A gold medallist in her post graduate, she
also received the ‘Biomedical Excellence Award’ during her
postdoctoral fellowship for her diligent research and published
multiple peer reviewed articles. Her research skills were further
honed at British Columbia Cancer Research, Terry Fox Laboratory,
Vancouver where she studied the role of cancer stem cells in Chronic
Myeloid Leukemia. Dr. Mithua Ghosh has led in setting up the unit
for cancer genomics, liquid biopsy, and molecular diagnostics for
cancer detection at Triesta. She has established the state-of-the-art
laboratory of cancer genomics and molecular diagnostics (together
supporting genomic medicine). She has published peer-reviewed
articles, attended and chaired several national and international
conferences and workshops. She is a member of the Scientific
Advisory Committee and Institutional Ethics and Research Board
overseeing cancer research at HCG. She also serves as a member of
several biomarker advisory boards.