Sumedha Sudhaman Email & Phone Number

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

-Postdoc lead for multi-centric, multi-collaborative research project on discovery of predictive companion biomarkers of response to immunotherapy in pediatric hypermutant cancers-Actively collaborated and assisted in other projects within the laboratory, resulting in 4 co-authored publications and 1 first author manuscript pending revisions in a reputed peer-reviewed journal-Invited to give a talk at the virtual congress by the International Symposium on Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, in December, 2020-Invited to give a talk at the virtual congress by the Society for Pediatric Oncology, in October, 2020-Actively participated as a scholar scribe at the Crazy 8 Initiative in Philadelphia, PA organized by Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, to brainstorm for innovative pediatric cancer project ideas with international experts in the field, in September, 2018-Key point of contact for collaborating clinical trial coordinators, scientists, project managers, and clinicians involved in primary project-Supported and mentored graduate students and clinical fellows with bioinformatics input, and problem-solving

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

-Postdoc lead on a collaborative project exploring genomic and immuno-genomic markers of response to immunotherapy in pediatric hypermutant cancers-Specialized in studying the T-cell receptor rearrangements in tumor and serial blood DNA by customized hybrid capture followed by deep sequencing

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

-Developed Next Generation Sequencing data analysis pipeline for identification of clinically significant causal and risk variants, in families seeking pre-natal and post-natal screening-Created a consolidated in-house database of all variants identified in the local Middle Eastern population-Responsible for reporting clinically significant findings leading to a keen understanding of GLP and Quality Control and regulatory practices at a leading CAP-accredited clinical diagnostics laboratory in the UAE

Mumbai Area, India

Cloning, Molecular characterization and validation of a gene and its product,an anti-angiogenesis molecule, at the mRNA and protein level in both bacterial and mammalian systems

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Genetics

Activities and Societies:-Awarded a Ph.D. for my work on the identification of novel causal variants in Indian families with Parkinson's.

M.Sc., Human Genetics

B.Sc. (Honours), Botany

High School Diploma