The Bigger the Gene Panel, the Better the Clinical Management of Cancer

Dr. Mithua Ghosh
Director of Clinical Diagnostics, Strand Life Sciences

Dr. Mithua Ghosh, Director of Clinical Diagnostics (Strand Life Sciences), Head - Department of Molecular and Clinical Genomics at HCG (Health Care Global Enterprises) is an accomplished cancer biologist with over 20+ years of academic and corporate experiences in fields of Cancer Biology and Genomics, Molecular Pathology, translational research, and stem cell research. After her PhD, she pursued post-doctoral fellowship at Wright State University, Dayton, USA on role of various oncogenes involving p53 pathway. A gold medalist in her post graduate, she also received the ‘Biomedical Excellence Award’ for her diligent research during her post doctorate tenure 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 been instrumental in setting up new business verticals of Cancer Genomics, Liquid Biopsy and molecular diagnostics for cancer detection at HCG hospital. She has established the state of the art laboratory of Cancer genomics and Molecular diagnostic, together supporting Genomic Medicine, which cater to thousands of patients through different hospital network. Her research follows the vision of comprehensive cancer care, bench to bedside approach. She had published peer reviewed publications, attended/chaired several national and international conferences and workshops. She is a member of Scientific Advisory Committee and Institutional Ethics and Research Board overseeing Cancer research at HCG.