ABOUT SANGEETA
Sangeeta Bhatia, M.D., Ph.D.
John J. and Dorothy Wilson Professor of Engineering
Director, Laboratory for Multiscale Regenerative Technologies
Sangeeta is a biomedical researcher, MIT professor, and biotech entrepreneur who works to adapt technologies developed in the computer industry for medical innovation. Trained as both a physician and engineer at Harvard, MIT, and Brown University, Bhatia leverages ‘tiny technologies’ of miniaturization to yield inventions such as human microlivers that model human drug metabolism and liver disease, as well as responsive nanoparticles and nanoporous materials that can be engineered to diagnose, study, and treat a variety of diseases, including cancer. She and her trainees have launched multiple biotechnology companies to improve human health.
As a prolific inventor and passionate advocate for diversity in science and engineering, Bhatia has received many honors including the Lemelson-MIT Prize, known as the ‘Oscar for inventors,’ and the Heinz Medal for groundbreaking inventions and advocacy for women in STEM fields. She is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, the Director of the Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, and an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Science, the National Academy of Inventors, the National Academy of Medicine, and Brown University's Board of Trustees.
Education
M.D., Harvard Medical School
Ph.D., Medical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Brown University
MIT Appointments
2016 - present: Director, Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine
2009 - present: Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
2008 - present: Wilson Professor, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science
2008 - present: Wilson Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
2007 - present: Intramural Member, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
Affiliations
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Department of Medicine
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Harvard Stem Cell Institute
MIT Ludwig Center for Molecular Oncology
MIT Center for Environmental and Health Sciences
Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
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