Pooja G. Bhavsar, PhD '15

Vice President, JCLS Alumni Association

Pooja Bhavsar

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Vice President, Group Medical Strategy Director
TBWA\World Health
New York, NY

Pooja G. Bhavsar, PhD '15

Vice President, JCLS Alumni Association

As a seasoned strategist, Pooja Bhavsar, PhD, brings to the team experience in launching multiple indications and overseeing work on multi-indication brands. She has successfully managed workstreams across both U.S. and global accounts, understanding the nuances that lead to market success. Her expertise includes strategic launch planning, competitor analyses, tactical ideation, and messaging development, with a proven track record of building client partnerships. Dr. Bhavsar's experience across strategy, medical communications, and commercial makes her a great strategic partner, as she’s always thinking about the intersection of these functions.

She’s worked in various therapeutic areas such as oncology, rheumatology, infectious disease, allergy/immunology, rare genetic diseases, Alzheimer's, and women's health.

Prior to entering her career in pharmaceutical communications strategy, Dr. Bhavsar conducted scientific research at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Her scientific research focused on identifying how the Jak-Stat signaling pathway contributes to early prostate cancer metastasis. What intrigued her most was the ability to test hypotheses and produce raw results, but she found her passion in marrying the science and art of sharing her findings.

Dr. Bhavsar received her PhD in Biochemistry from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Her passion for finding new, creative, and powerful ways to use data to tell compelling stories stems from her graduate thesis and continues to drive her daily work.

In her downtime, she enjoys cooking, pilates and expanding her wine collection. Dr. Bhavsar and her husband recently moved to New Jersey to spend more time with their families.