Mentor - Dr Lopamudra Das Roy

Mentor - Dr Lopamudra Das Roy’s dream to inculcate the Art of Scientific thinking….. Cancer Awareness & Research in the Youngsters. Young Children are our future ambassadors to the scientific as well as humanitarian community to save lives and provide better quality of life to the mankind. Dr Das Roy wants to bring awareness and scientific thought leadership in the students that will encourage research ideas, data analysis, foundation for networking, collaborations and empowering them with the knowledge about cancer prevention and the importance of early detection that can save lives.

The bigger purpose of the Science Meet - each student becomes ambassador to talk about cancer awareness, early detection, preventative measures and most importantly - spread the knowledge that will help the community! 

Biography: Lopamudra Das Roy, M.Sc, Ph.D, MBA, (Distinguished Cancer Scientist-Research Professor) resigned from her job & career in 2017 and founded Breast Cancer Hub (BCH), as pro bono & voluntary service to meet the mission. She has 18+ years of experience in Research, Teaching and Mentoring undergraduate and Ph.D. candidates in the field of Genetics and Breast & Pancreatic Cancer. She received her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology (Genetics) from India, in addition to her research experience in Biochemistry at Delhi University, India. Dr. Das Roy did her Post-Doctoral fellowship from Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, USA in Cancer Immunology & therapeutics focusing on Breast and Pancreatic Cancer. She received her MBA from Northwestern University-Kellogg School of Management, Chicago. Her professional career started as a lecturer of Genetics in Garden City College, Bengaluru, India, followed by her Post-Doctoral fellowship from Mayo Clinic. She moved to University of North Carolina at Charlotte and served as Research Professor, awarded with grants as Principal Investigator from the Department of Defense cancer research program) investigating targeting therapies and signaling pathways in metastatic Breast and Pancreatic cancer. Dr. Das Roy worked as a Research Director at OncoTAb, Inc, focusing on Cancer diagnostics and therapeutics and as an Adjunct Associate Professor at UNCC & was awarded with Contract grant from National Cancer Institute as Principal investigator. Her original research work is attributed with numerous high impact factor publications, citations, press releases with global recognition from American Association of Cancer Research and public media for breakthrough work on discovering the signaling pathway between Breast cancer metastasis and Arthritis. She is invited to present her work at worldwide conferences as Guest speaker and is a scientist reviewer of grants from Department of Defense and for Cancer related journals. She serves as Global Leadership Panel member at Fight Cancer Global. Dr. Das Roy completed “Step into Impact” Nonprofit Executive Education Program from Northwestern Kellogg School of Management in 2018. Dr. Das Roy received “Award of Excellence for Humanitarian service” at Male Breast Cancer Coalition Conference, 2019 at Orlando, Florida, USA. She is awarded for Outstanding performance on relief and welfare activities in India during Covid 19 from Universal Diplomatic Affairs of Human Rights in May 2020.