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Dana T.

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Senior Director R&D at Exact Sciences
📍 San Diego, California, United States

Dana T. is a senior R&D director at Exact Sciences with over 14 years of experience in molecular diagnostics. A PhD graduate from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, she is an expert in liquid biopsy and cell-free DNA for cancer detection, having been a key contributor to the clinically approved MSK-ACCESS test.

She led the development of OncoK9, a pioneering liquid biopsy test for multi-cancer early detection in dogs.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Senior Director R&D
Job Level
Senior
Location
San Diego, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Dana shows up

Hard To Convince
Quality Focused
Fast But Analytical

They have a unique set of diverse traits where they are decisive and methodical but can sometimes be extra cautious and skeptical They are not very likely to become strong advocates of your product or service They focus on the results, but can still be quite procedural and analytical about how to get there

Priorities

Topics Dana cares about

Liquid Biopsy
The central theme of her career, she has developed non-invasive diagnostic tests for both human and veterinary oncology using circulating tumor DNA.
Cancer Early Detection
A primary focus of her work, from contributing to the MSK-ACCESS test to pioneering the OncoK9 multi-cancer early detection test for dogs at PetDx.
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Career

Work history

9-2024
Senior Director R&D
Exact Sciences
6-2024 - 9-2024
Senior Director, Oncology Diagnostic Assays
AstraZeneca
9-2020 - 4-2024
Chief Scientific Officer
PetDx
9-2019 - 9-2020
Faculty Member and Technical Director, Diagnostic Molecular Pathology
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
1-2018 - 9-2020
Assistant Professor of Research in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
Weill Cornell Medicine
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Education
2006 - 2010
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2005 - 2005
Summer intern
Baylor College of Medicine
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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