Role and Areas of Expertise
Ashwini Chidirala is a Manager at Nuvera with a focus on cell and gene therapies. She specializes in treatment experience blueprinting, order management, program design and launch planning. Ash helps life science manufacturers build the processes and experiences that bring these complex therapies to patients.
Short Professional Summary
Ash has spent nearly eight years at Nuvera, growing from Analyst to Manager, and it was here that she discovered patient services. Today she partners with clients bringing cell and gene therapies to patients, helping them build the support programs these first-of-their-kind treatments require. What keeps her going is knowing there’s a patient at the end of every project.
Education and Credentials:
- B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University (Minor in Asian Studies);
- Master’s in Innovation and Management, Tufts University.
Notable Achievements or Projects:
Ash is proud of the deep expertise she has built in cell and gene therapy. She has worked across far more of these complex, novel products than she could have at a single pharma company. Having grown up through the ranks at Nuvera, she also sees looking out for her teammates as a core part of her role. She believes everyone is always developing, herself included.
What are you passionate about at work? The impact on patients, and the fascinating science behind it. Ash loves working on some of the most innovative therapies in the world. She believes that personalized medicine at scale is being worked out in cell and gene therapy right now, and that what is learned there will shape how the rest of healthcare evolves.
A Personal Snapshot
Outside of work, Ash enjoys painting and is getting back into photography.
Quote
“Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.” – Louis Pasteur