Monideepa Roy's Biography

Monideepa Roy, Director- Research & Development, Invictus Oncology Pvt Ltd

Dr Monideepa Roy has established and currently drives the R&D laboratory at Invictus Oncology. Following her Ph.D. in JNU, Delhi, she trained in the Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School and received a fellowship from the US Department of Defense. Dr. Roy has extensive research experience in developing high-throughput screening methods to characterize the role of tumor suppressors and oncogenes driving growth of cancer cells. Her innovative work was honored with the first Thomas Gill Prize for Research Excellence. At Harvard University, Dr. Roy designed and taught a comprehensive graduate course in Cancer Biology. A Career Development Award from Leukemia Lymphoma Society, USA, supported her research endeavors at Harvard. Her current research is geared toward the identification of molecular markers in cancer and developing novel therapeutic approaches for fighting cancer. She has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications and is an inventor on several patents.