Meera Vijayaraghavan

Experience

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  CRITICAL PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

  Research Scientist

  Duties involved process development and optimisation of formulation, including micro-particle manufacture for sub dermal delivery and extensive analysis. Wrote numerous reports and managed own projects within the company as well as working as part of a wider team. Experience in a design of experiments approach to formulation and processing studies.

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  University of Liverpool

  Jan 2013 - Mar 2017

  Postdoctoral Researcher
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  UK National Innovation Centre for Ageing, Newcastle University

  Mar 2017 - Jul 2021

  Senior Innovation Associate
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  EIT Health

  Mar 2019 - Nov 2019

  EIT Health Starship Fellow

  an EIT Health educational initiative in collaboration with leading European health industrial partners – lead by the University of Coimbra, IESE Business School, the RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden) and Instituto Pedro Nunes together with 7 partnering companies. Using a blend of different educational approaches including elements from Stanford Biodesign Concept, StarShip will be a unique opportunity for participants to be involved in industry-driven life science innovation, working together with innovators in and outside the companies in highly skilled multidisciplinary teams. During the one-year long program, fellows learn a proven, action-based approach to find solution to industry challenges, verifying user requirements and identifying potentially unmet needs in the health context, in close collaboration with key industrial players and leading local EIT Health innovating institutions. In multidisciplinary teams fellows will develop responses to given challenges, validate them in the real health care settings, with the guidance of the StarShip academic team. Show less

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  Newcastle University

  Jul 2021 - now

  Business Development Manager