Anushka Deshmukh is a Medical Genomics graduate student at the University of Toronto. Her work sits at the intersection of genomics, neuroscience, and health equity, with growing interest in the business, strategy, and communication sides of biotech. She’s contributed to projects in functional genomics, variant interpretation, CRISPR screening, RNA-seq pipelines, and clinical neurodevelopment, spanning academic labs, hospitals, and industry and has also combined wet-lab methods with emerging computational tools to support precision health efforts.
Anushka thrives most when bridging science and people, and is particularly drawn to medical affairs roles that translate science into clinical impact & health tech strategy, especially in CNS/psychiatry, oncology, and rare diseases. Anushka strengths are genomics communications & stakeholder engagement across research, policy, and patient communities. She cares deeply about inclusive innovation by advancing mental health, women’s health, and precision medicine in ways that are as ethical as they are cutting-edge. Anushka has also led DEI initiatives, worked in gender-based violence prevention, and collaborated across disciplines to build research that’s both rigorous and real-world. She believes that being multidisciplinary isn’t optional; it’s essential.