Sujuan Ba is the President and CEO of the National Foundation for Cancer Research, where Sujuan has been since March 1999. Sujuan is also the Co-Founder and CEO of AIM-HI Accelerator Fund since September 2018, leading the organization to provide seed funding and coaching to oncology start-ups. Ba serves on the board of directors for multiple companies in the healthcare and biotech industry, aiming to advance research and innovation in the field. Sujuan holds a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania.
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