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Dr. Shwetal Mehta received her MS from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India, in Molecular Biology. She earned her PhD in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology from The University of Texas at Austin in 2003.
She completed her postdoctoral work in the Charles Stiles Laboratory at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School. Her postdoctoral work was focused on the identification of a potential therapeutic target for high-grade gliomas. She joined the Barrow as an principal investigator in January of 2013.
- Research Fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, 2005-2010
- Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin, 2003-2004
- PhD, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Texas at Austin, 2003
- MS, Molecular Biology, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India, 1998
- BS, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India, 1994
- Best Mature Project Award at the DFCI Cancer Biology Retreat, 2010
- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, 2006-2009
- William Livingston Fellowship, 2003-2004
- Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Honorable Mention Award, 2004
- L. Joe Berry Memorial Scholarship, 2003-2004
- Patricia Ruth Aston Memorial Award, 2002-2003
- University Continuing Fellowship, 2002-2003
- University Continuing Fellowship, 2001-2002
- Charles Ely Lankford Scholarship, 2001-2002
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Dr. Shwetal Mehta received her MS from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India, in Molecular Biology. She earned her PhD in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology from The University of Texas at Austin in 2003.
She completed her postdoctoral work in the Charles Stiles Laboratory at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School. Her postdoctoral work was focused on the identification of a potential therapeutic target for high-grade gliomas. She joined the Barrow as an principal investigator in January of 2013.
- Research Fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, 2005-2010
- Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas at Austin, 2003-2004
- PhD, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Texas at Austin, 2003
- MS, Molecular Biology, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India, 1998
- BS, Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India, 1994
- Best Mature Project Award at the DFCI Cancer Biology Retreat, 2010
- Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, 2006-2009
- William Livingston Fellowship, 2003-2004
- Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Honorable Mention Award, 2004
- L. Joe Berry Memorial Scholarship, 2003-2004
- Patricia Ruth Aston Memorial Award, 2002-2003
- University Continuing Fellowship, 2002-2003
- University Continuing Fellowship, 2001-2002
- Charles Ely Lankford Scholarship, 2001-2002
- English