Country:
India
Roles / Professions:
Program Officer
Bio:
Sema Sgaier joined the Foundation in September 2008. She manages the Avahan implementation grants in the states of Karnataka, Manipur and Nagaland.
Dr. Sgaier comes from a background of scientific discovery. Prior to joining the foundation, Sema was a scholar at Harvard Medical School pushing the envelope of research on the Human Genome to discover new genes that underlie complex diseases. Sema was also a Fellow with the Centre for Global Health Research (University of Toronto) and worked with the Indian government to establish a National Health Surveillance System and a national Indian biobank.
She received her PhD in Genetics from New York University, her M.A in Neuroscience from Brown University and a B.Sc. in Molecular Biology and Genetics from Bogazici University (Istanbul, Turkey).
Dr. Sgaier comes from a background of scientific discovery. Prior to joining the foundation, Sema was a scholar at Harvard Medical School pushing the envelope of research on the Human Genome to discover new genes that underlie complex diseases. Sema was also a Fellow with the Centre for Global Health Research (University of Toronto) and worked with the Indian government to establish a National Health Surveillance System and a national Indian biobank.
She received her PhD in Genetics from New York University, her M.A in Neuroscience from Brown University and a B.Sc. in Molecular Biology and Genetics from Bogazici University (Istanbul, Turkey).
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