Dr. Priya Balachandran is a bioentrepreneur and leader in the health and biotechnology space with a passion for improving human health. She has deep experience in building highly specialized technologies from concept to market, with impact to health outcomes. Her expertise in Product and Go-To-Market strategies has a global span, across portfolios of varying sizes in bio-tools, genomics, diagnostics, health tech, point-of-care and consumer health for regulated and research use. Her product portfolios include consumables, hardware, and software. Most recently, she served as Chief Operating Officer at Applied Silver, Inc. a Silicon Valley-based health tech company that delivers infection control through its smart technology. Prior to Applied Silver, Dr. Balachandran held leadership positions at Tecan and Thermo Fisher Scientific (Fortune 500). She serves on advisory boards for early-stage companies and is a Board Director for Blossom Birth and Family, a non-profit focused on maternal health. Dr. Balachandran is a successful researcher with peer-reviewed publications and patents. She received her Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California at San Francisco.