Juan Carmona

Juan Carmona has a diverse work experience starting from 2000. Their most recent role is as the Director of Scientific Affairs and Professional Alliances at OraSure Technologies, where they oversee Molecular and Diagnostic Solutions in fields like HIV, HCV, and COVID. Juan is also an advocate for global access and inclusion of patient-derived samples and data within the life sciences community. Prior to this, Juan worked at Philips as a Senior Product Systems Architect in Genomics for five years. Juan also held roles at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Multi-Regional Clinical Trials (MRCT) Center of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard University, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, Boston Children's Hospital, and Princeton University. Their work has focused on various aspects of research, including genomics, clinical trials, public health, and aging.

Juan Carmona has a diverse education history. Juan completed their Bachelor of Science (BS) in Molecular Biology at Auburn University from 1999 to 2003. Following that, they pursued a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Cell and Developmental Biology at Harvard University from 2003 to 2010. Juan then obtained a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree in Family and Community Health from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health from 2009 to 2010. Later, they attended Harvard Medical School from 2015 to 2016 and received a Master of Bioethics (MBE) with a focus on the Ethics of Genomic Data in Industry and Healthcare. Additionally, they have obtained certifications such as Certified SAFe® 5 Release Train Engineer and Scaled Agile SAFe® 4 Certified Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) from Scaled Agile, Inc. in 2020 and 2017, respectively.