Garima Bhardwaj, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Berlin, De

The Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) is dedicated to translating biomedical research into innovative approaches for personalized medicine. Our mission is to bridge the gap between groundbreaking research and practical clinical applications that improve patient outcomes.Responsibilities include:• 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: Direct day-to-day operations of the Clinical Incubator, serving as the first point of contact for the site.• 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: Oversee the construction and design of the Clinical Incubator, manage strategic and operational organization, and lead a collaborative team.• 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: Recruit and manage the operational team, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.• 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠: Identify and select relevant projects and startups focused on advanced regenerative and personalized therapies.• 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬: Develop and maintain trusted partnerships with local stakeholders, industry experts, and capital partners to support life-science entrepreneurs.• 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Create and manage events and programs to integrate the Clinical Incubator into the local life science and startup ecosystems.• 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: Manage financial and legal aspects, including budgeting and forecasting, ensuring compliance and financial health.• 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧: Enhance local and national networks in the life sciences, promoting the Incubator’s activities and services.• 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Facilitate the commercialization of new research findings through robust support structures and consulting services.By fostering a thriving ecosystem of innovation, we aim to accelerate the path from research to real-world applications, ultimately delivering significant medical advancements to patients.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us

Ignite is a nonprofit (of parent organization LabCentral), whose mission is to cultivate greater diversity, equity and inclusive culture across the biotech industry in Boston and beyond – from labs to leadership, and from the STEM student pipeline to the entrepreneurs advancing life-changing innovations that save, extend and improve the quality of our lives.Responsibilities include:•Drive revenue for LabCentral Ignite through identifying, developing, closing, and delivering partnerships in line with current programmatic strategies.• Serve as an innovative thought partner on strategic fundraising opportunities with LabCentral Ignite’s leadership.• Own full partner engagement cycle for prospective partners and funders, from initial discovery through execution, in partnership with the LabCentral Partnerships, LabCentral Accounting and LabCentral Ignite program teams where applicable.• Maintain a rigorous attention to detail and dedicated account management strategies for partners and clients (corporate sponsors, foundations, grant makers, member network, and private donors).• Expand the network of organizations and individuals committed to fund, contribute to, and promote Ignite’s mission.• Deliver data collection, analysis, and reporting of performance metrics. Monitor, assist in building and innovating methods of reporting of key results as they are relevant to donor/sponsor relations.• Creating innovative strategic presentations and marketing materials visualizing and summarizing organizational data and current scientific trends.

Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, De

Work with the Business Excellence and Digital Strategy team within Research and Early Development to help support community and change efforts at the new Kendall square location in Cambridge, MA. Responsibilities include: • Managing projects like internal and external communication.• Outreach programs, change management and KOL relationship management.• Providing community-based support to Boston-based research teams in oncology,cardiovascular research, and inflammatory research and helping them integrate with thescientific community in the Greater Boston Area.• Liaising with US-based HR to aid I&D efforts, branding and hiring processes.• Contributing to Bayer’s digital strategy for Pharma R&D.

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Worked with the Science Communication team in the Marketing department to grow the ‘Science in the City’ program in Boston and establish STEMCELL as a strong scientific presence in the Greater Boston Area. Responsibilities included:• Curating content, designing and managing all activity for the ‘Science in Boston’ channels including the Science in Boston website and social media streams on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. The ‘Science in Boston’ channels are designed to provide life science researchers with an in depth coverage of all life science related news, events and happenings in the Greater Boston Area, thus helping them stay up to date with the research in their respective fields and foster new collaborations.• Developing and executing strategies to expand the ‘Science in the City’ program to new cities across the world.• Working to establish a strong presence for STEMCELL amongst the scientific community in the Greater Boston Area. This includes attending and organizing networking events, career development events, scientific conferences etc. • Working with the science communication teams at local academic institutes, life science organizations and biotechs to highlight their research efforts. •Working with the Sales team to provide Marketing support by designing campaigns and organizing seminar series and workshops for their customers.

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

STEMCELL Technologies delivers specialty cell culture media and cell separation products for life science research. I worked with a dedicated team of local media and immunology specialists to support academic and biotech/pharma researchers’ projects in Cambridge, MA - a world capital for life science research. I aimed to advance the customers’ research by connecting them with the Company’s latest research tools and technical resources whilst driving regional revenues Responsibilities included:• Contributing to short and long term territory business plans through in depth understanding of revenue streams and potentials. Grew 18 small accounts to spend beyond $1000 achieving 22.7% growth in territory YTD.• Developing and executing strategies to identify and target potential new customers through effective market, revenue, and literature analysis. Successful in on boarding 6 new companies in very first quarter. • Engaging with potential new customers through cold calls and emails. Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with customers through sound scientific expertise and business acumen.•Responsible for managing key accounts- Biogen, Takeda and Bluebird Bio with up to $1 million dollars in revenue. Consistent track record of exceeding target and driving sales.

As the Managing Director I utilized my passion and my education to direct this student-led start-up, focusing on re-designing medical devices to make them affordable for developing countries; managed the entire start-up process from inception to a full-functioning organization. Conducted extensive market analyses to develop business, people, and sales strategies, generating awareness of the organization and its mission.Some highlights of my experience in this role include…• Coordinated funding efforts, reaching out to community and business leaders to support seed funding, successfully raised more than $50K.• Was awarded the NSF I-Corps grant for customer discovery and research• Acted as a liaison between the business and tech team; ensured effective communication between departments to build and develop effective strategies, contributing to the organizations success.• Established strategic relationships with international business partners and key distributors including Erkadi Systems in India.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

As a Technology Licensing Intern, I helped coordinate industrial relationships and IP management across Partners HealthCare, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, and McLean Hospital. My responsibilities included:•Managing IP and invention triage•Executing licenses and research agreements •Marketing and external outreach

•As the VP of Marketing and External Affairs, I successfully managed strategic partnership, liaising between Biotech Entrepreneurs and internal and external groups. I developed and executed effective marketing and branding strategies to build support for entrepreneurs including managing social media profiles and promotional activities, including coordinating networking events. A highlight of my experience in this role includes…• Directed and coordinated a Biotech Bootcamp; facilitated a workshop focused on educating ventures on various aspects of entrepreneurship, culminating in a pitch competition with $10K prize.

Boston, Ma, Us

As a Research Assistant in the Chemical Engineering Department, I drew upon my educational background to build and develop research programs and projects, utilizing academic expertise, accuracy and attention to detail, and problem solving abilities. I also collaborated with numerous departments to conduct interdisciplinary research, and managed laboratory operations maintaining compliance with policies and regulations. Some highlights of my experience in this role include…• Developed bacteriostatic nanoscale composite coatings utilizing electrophoretic deposition; modified the surface of titanium orthopedic implants. • Synthesized colloidal metal oxide and elemental nanoparticles • Characterized structural and chemical properties of nanoparticles via TEM, SEM, XPS, XRD• Conducted bacterial adhesion and cell viability assays, qPCR analyses with different cell lines.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemical Engineering

Master Of Science - Ms, Project Management

Bachelor’S Degree, Biomedical/Medical Engineering

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