Priya Pai

Priya Pai is a skilled grants writer currently working at Ochsner Health, the largest non-profit academic healthcare system in Louisiana, where responsibilities include writing grants, guiding grant strategy, and educating researchers on the grant writing process. Prior to this role, Priya served as a Scientific Consultant and Grant Writing Specialist at Eva Garland Consulting, where successful efforts led to securing $8.2 million in NIH funding. Priya also completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, focusing on the role of HOXA5 in tumorigenicity, and contributed to public understanding of research through the Biomedical Odyssey Blog. Educational achievements include a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, a Master's Degree in Medical Biochemistry from Kasturba Medical College, and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Botany, and Zoology from Mount Carmel College.