Rahima Akter, Scientist, Bristol Myers Squibb

Rahima Akter is a highly motivated and skilled researcher at Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), a leading pharmaceutical company in oncology. She has 10+ years of experience in immuno-oncology drug discovery, serving as a biology co-lead of different early-stage drug discovery programs.

Prior to BMS, she worked at Stanford University as a life science researcher in basic immunology lab with a group of dedicated scientists in the field of immunology.

She did her MSc degree in Experimental Medicine at McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

She is a physician who did her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) at Chittagong Medical College, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

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