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Informed DNA: Sobha Pisharody

Jun 09, 2022

Informed DNA has hired Sobha Pisharody for the newly created role of chief strategy and product officer. As such, Pisharody will lead efforts to modernize the firm's knowledgebase into a scalable technology platform, with the goal of improving the delivery of actionable decision support to healthcare providers and pharmaceutical and biotech researchers. Pisharody, who holds a PhD in molecular oncology and immunology from New York University, has more than 20 years of experience in life sciences, with startups as well as with major companies including Thermo Fisher Scientific.

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