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Neha Arora, PhD

Neha Arora, PhD

Biography

Dr. Neha Arora completed her education from India. She graduated from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati in 2019 with a PhD in Biosciences and Bioengineering. She then joined MD Anderson Cancer Center as postdoctoral fellow where she worked on finding novel and non-addictive strategies to treat chronic pain. Along with research she became actively involved in MD Anderson postdoctoral association, where she was part of teaching-subcommittee (co-chair) and policy committee (chair). Currently, she is postdoctoral research fellow at UT Health. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/neha-arora-7992b01b3/

Education

Previous Postdoc Position: MD Anderson Cancer Center

PhD, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati India, 2019

Advisor

Yong Zhou, PhD

Research Description

Dr. Neha Arora is a postdoctoral fellow in the department of integrative biology and pharmacology. Her research focus is to combat KRAS-dependent cancers. She combines state-of -the-art super resolution imaging techniques, molecular biology techniques and large scale lipidomics analysis to shed light on how changes in lipid profiles affect KRAS and inspire alternative strategies to treat KRAS-dependent cancer.