Rasika Kunden

Rasika Kunden is a skilled scientist currently serving as a Senior Scientist at Sanofi since October 2022. Previously, Rasika held the position of Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from September 2021 to September 2022 and worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital for a brief period in 2021. Rasika's early career includes a PhD trainee role at the Canadian Network on Hepatitis C (CanHepC) from July 2017 to March 2021, with a PhD degree earned at the University of Saskatchewan between 2015 and 2020. Rasika also completed a research internship at the University of Heidelberg focused on HCV RNA and miR122 colocalization. Furthermore, Rasika's research experience includes a research internship at CHU Sainte-Justine Research Centre studying immune responses in HCV-infected pregnant women and a summer trainee position at the National Institute of Virology in India. Academic qualifications include a Master's degree in Virology from the National Institute of Virology and a Bachelor's degree in Zoology/Animal Biology from Savitribai Phule Pune University.