Genetics and Biochemistry Careers Outside Academia:   The World Needs You!

Traci Pawlowski is a molecular geneticist, diagnostic test developer and scientific manager with over 20 years of diagnostic experience. She received a PhD in Genetics from Clemson University in 2007, working in the lab of Anand Srivastava at the Greenwood Genetics Center and has a BA from Indiana University in Biology and Psychology.  She is currently Head of Clinical Solutions for Illumina in San Diego, CA, leading IVD assay development for oncology, NIPT and clinical whole genome sequencing applications.  Prior to joining Illumina in 2017 as Sr Director of Oncology Product Development, she held progressive positions at Hologic, Epic Sciences, Clarient GE Healthcare and Caris Life Sciences.  She did her postdoctoral work in the neuroscience department at the Translational Genomics Institute (TGEN) in Phoenix, AZ.  She holds 10 patents in the diagnostic space and multiple publications in biomarker research.  When not busy developing new diagnostic solutions, she and her husband enjoy exploring the beaches of San Diego and visiting the National Parks in the western US.

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