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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
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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
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