Devangi Shah Email & Phone Number

India

- Developed tactical plans and strategic objectives for inflammation products for one of the top US biopharmaceutical companies- Led and managed medical communications for 2 complete therapeutic areas for a client under full-time engagement model- Developed interactive assets from existing legacy resources for oncology for better access and reach.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

- Developed medical communication resources for presentation to global HCPs and KOLs- Content creation for slide sets, fact sheets, FAQs, and medical information letters for oncology, cardiovascular, inflammation, and nephrology therapeutic area- Content creation for assets for congresses, booth materials, disease state education, trainings, and consumer.

Chennai Area, India

- Clone evaluation studies for monoclonal antibody production process - Process development studies for monoclonal antibody production at 5L scale bioreactor, 15mL scale microbioreactors (ambr), and shake flasks- ambr Microbioreactor: Designing and executing process development and process enhancement studies- Meeting coordinator for weekly team meetings

West Point, Pennsylvania, USA

Supported new facility start-up and licensure for an existing viral vaccine product. - Adherent Cell Culture using Cell Culture Stacks and Bioreactor- Supported start-up of new laboratory process in pilot scale reactor for technology transfer, protocol generation, media formulation, bioreactor sampling, clarifying and depth filtration sizing, and.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Resource Technologist at Clinical Cell & Vaccines Production Facility (CVPF) at Hospital of Univ. of Penn. CVPF is involved in clinical trials of cancer and infectious diseases patients.- Quality Control Assays for vaccine product- Performed Flow Cytometry (FACS), Mycoplasma Assays, Endotoxin Assays- Validation of Bactec machine- Ficoll- Cell Banking.

University Of Pennsylvania, USA

Worked on three different projects under Penn Biotech Group1:1 Client interactions and final presentation of projectsClient 1: LIMR Chemical Genomics Center (LCGC)Client 2: Russian FirmClient 3: Fortune 500 Medical Device Company

Greater Philadelphia Area, USA

Project: “Structure-Function Analysis of a long non-coding RNA, elRNA-7,a critical regulator of EMT and metastasis”- PCR- Primer Designing- Gel Electrophoresis- Gel Extraction- DNA Purification- Electroporation- Cell Culture

USA

- Project: “In vivo Cloning of the Entire Gene Cluster of Rhizoxin, a potential Anti-Cancer Drug”- Supervised by Dr. Tin-Wein Yu, Department of Biological Sciences- PCR- DNA Purification - Gel Electrophoresis- Electroporation- Cell CulturePresented Poster at VCU Undergraduate Poster Symposium (2009), VCU Science Day (2008), and LSU Undergraduate Research.

Richmond, Virginia Area, USA

VCU Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Research Program, Richmond, VA Project: “Combination of HDACi and Nucleoside Analog in inducing Apoptosis in Leukemia Cell Lines”- Supervised by Dr. Steven Grant, Massey Cancer Center. Dr. Grant has been awarded as the 2007 Outstanding Scientist of Virginia - Cell culture- Cell counting- Western Blot Analysis

M.S., Biotechnology

Activities and Societies: Member of Penn Biotech Group

B.S., Biology, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: The Honor's College Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Tiranga - Indian Students' Organization at VCU Dean's Scholar.

Education record