Garima Ghale, PhD

Garima Ghale, PhD has an extensive work experience in various roles and organizations. Garima is currently working as a Senior Program Manager for Women in Health Initiative (WiHI) at the Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization. In this role, they spearheaded and launched the OBIO WiHI program, aimed at helping women enter the health technology industry and move into senior management roles. Garima also served as a Senior Program Manager for Business Development Skills at OBIO, where they launched the Business Development Skills Program (BDSP) to address workforce challenges and support the growth of health sciences companies.

Prior to their current role, Garima worked as a Venture Manager in the Health Stream at Creative Destruction Lab. Their responsibilities included identifying technology trends and recruiting early-stage tech and life science companies.

Garima has also gained research experience as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Copenhagen, where they focused on developing functional assays for transporter proteins. Garima successfully wrote a grant proposal for a post-doc fellowship during their time there.

Before that, they served as a Research Associate at Jacobs University Bremen, where they designed and developed label-free membrane and enzyme assays. Their work resulted in several publications and collaborations.

Garima's early experience includes teaching assistant roles at Jacobs University Bremen, where they planned and executed didactic lectures and provided hands-on training in organic synthesis. Garima also worked as a summer intern at the University of Basel, where they focused on the synthesis of organo-catalysts.

Overall, Garima Ghale, PhD has a diverse background in program management, research, and teaching, with a focus on health sciences and biophysics.

Garima Ghale, PhD, began their education in 2002 at Malpi Institute, where they completed their GCE A levels in Chemistry, Physics, Biology, and Mathematics from 2002 to 2004. Afterward, they enrolled at Jacobs University Bremen and obtained their BSc Degree in Chemistry from 2005 to 2008. Garima continued their education at Jacobs University Bremen, completing their MSc Degree in Nanomolecular Science from 2008 to 2010. Garima Ghale then pursued a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Chemistry from 2010 to 2014, also at Jacobs University Bremen.