Ritu Aneja

Background

About Ritu Aneja

Leader in racial and global health disparities research and educational engagement • Accomplished author, contributing to over 120 manuscripts • Well known for intrepid exploration of new paradigms, a contagious energy, a genuinely engaging persona, excellent networking and communication abilities, and an unflinching dedication to the cause of health equity • Dynamic leader with strategic vision and a natural ability to “enroll” people into mutually beneficial agenda, and steer expansive cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary networks to successfully conduct multi-institutional studies • Highly accoladed by GSU for outstanding accomplishments in research, teaching and dedicated service to the University community • Excellent mentor to numerous graduate students who have gone on to prove their mettle, garner awards, media mentions and press releases for their research in her laboratory • Launched MBD’s flagship “Catch Them Young (CTY)” initiative that allows high school students to perform summer research in a GSU lab while receiving one-on-one mentoring. CTY builds a pipeline of students interested in pursuing STEM careers. • Chair of the 2017 International Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) conference held in GSU in 2017 First ever international conference dedicated exclusively to TNBC that featured a stellar lineup of domestic and international speakers Mission statement: I am committed to leveraging the power of global partnerships to answer complex research questions that may be too difficult for individual labs to address on their own, and to accelerate discovery and translation of clinically useful discoveries. I also strive to bring the best opportunities from around the world to GSU’s student population, to offer them unprecedented exposure to cutting-edge research advances and foster cross-pollination of ideas to yield rich dividends to all. I eat, sleep, breathe, live and love what I do.