Adam Smith

Ms. Priyanka Patel is presently Director, Rapture Biotech, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. She is also
leading research team for Preventive Cardiology with Dr. Dhaval Doshi as Research Officer at
Holistic Heart Care, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. She is also a ‘Member of Board of Studies’ at Parul
University, Vadodara, Gujarat. She has delivered expert talks at different institutes in her area of
expertise. She has worked actively in various campaigns for spreading social awareness
regarding prevention of myocardial infarction and its management. She has many publications in
journals of national and international repute.
She has completed her masters in Biotechnology from Barkatullah University, Bhopal, Madhya
Pradesh. She has total 15 years of research experience in Virology, Molecular Diagnostics and
Cardiovascular disease research with leading institutes of India. She has worked with National
Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD) of Indian Council of Agriculture
Research, which is a premier BSL-3+ bio-containment facility institute of India for research on
exotic and emerging pathogens of animals. She was involved in the project for the development
of Molecular diagnostics of Nipah virus. She has experience in Research and development of
molecular diagnostics, recombinant DNA technology, Gene expression, Protein purification,
molecular biology and cell culture. She has also worked with U N Mehta Institute of Cardiology
and Research Center (UNMICRC), Civil Hospital Campus, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. At
UNMICRC, she has worked in Preventive Cardiology research projects aiming the study of risk
factors for Myocardial infarction in young adults, awareness campaigns and preventive
measures.