Avraham Rasooly, Ph.D.

Dr. Avraham Rasooly joined OCCAM in 2014 as a health scientist administrator. He leads a trans-NCI initiative to develop low cost cancer technologies for global health. Before joining OCCAM, Dr. Rasooly served as Chief of the Disparities Research Branch and as Program Officer at the NCI Cancer Diagnosis Program where he supported research on biosensors, lab-on-chip, circulating tumor cells and point-of-care (POC) cancer diagnostics technologies. In addition to his work at NCI, he directs a lab at the FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health, where he develops various biosensor and lab on chip technologies for POC microbial analysis and food safety.

Dr. Rasooly received his Ph.D from Michigan State University studying the genetics of plant-microbial interactions. He served as Senior Research Scientist and as Research Assistant Professor at the Skirball Institute NYU Medical Center in New York conducting research on DNA replication.