Roya Khosravi-far, Ph.D., PLD
Dr. Roya Khosravi-Far, Ph.D., PLD, is the co-founder, President of the Board of Directors, and Chief Executive Officer of InnoTech Precision Medicine.
She is passionate about translating bench-side discoveries into bedside realities. With over 30 years of experience in translational medicine, she has successfully led numerous programs in research and development, both in academia and industry. She has been involved in translating research from her team to the clinical validation of therapeutics and has achieved early successful exits from device companies.
Dr. Khosravi-Far received her Ph.D. in Genetics and Molecular Biology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, under the mentorship of Professor Channing Der, and completed her Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cancer Immunology with Nobel Laureate David Baltimore. She holds a graduate certificate from Harvard Business School’s Program in Leadership Development. She served as a Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School for 17 years and is an Emeritus Pathologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. Additionally, she has held significant roles such as VP of R&D at ZioPharm (Alaunos) and President and CTO at Accurome Health. She also holds certificates in Translational Medicine from Harvard Medical School and Biopharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs from Northeastern University.
Dr. Khosravi-Far leads the research and development team at InnoTech, working to develop and commercialize a high-performance diagnostic platform, Recognize™, which is based on the simultaneous detection of multiple classes of macromolecules from a single specimen. This technology aims to improve accuracy and enable the early detection of complex diseases. She collaborates with in-house experts, external partners, and consulting groups to align the development, validation, and commercialization of Recognize™.
Throughout her career, Dr. Khosravi-Far has been the principal investigator and awardee of numerous grants from prestigious organizations such as the NCI, NHLBI, DOD, and ACS. She is an American Cancer Society Scholar. Her scientific work and discoveries have been cited nearly 16,100 times and she has an i10 index of 85. She has co-authored seventy-nine publications in peer-reviewed journals, co-edited three books, and holds several issued patents. She is the principal investigator of RADx-rad and RADx-rad supplement awards from the NIH for the initial development of Recognize™ and other NIH awards.
Under her leadership, InnoTech has been selected for various incubator and accelerator programs and has received multiple awards and prizes, including MassNextGen, MassMedic Ignite, M2D2/BARDA Impact, Barracuda Bowl (Finalist), EPPICON (First Prize), PxDx (Finalist), Eddies (Finalist), TechConnect Innovation, and more.
