Anindita Saha, B.S.
Director, External Expertise and Partnerships
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
10903 New Hampshire Avenue
WO 66-5414
Silver Spring,
MD
USA
20993
Biographical Sketch: Anindita (Annie) Saha is the Director of External Expertise and Partnerships (EEP) in the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). EEP coordinates the Patient Preference Initiative to incorporate patient perspectives on benefits and risk in regulatory decision making. She is also a part of CDRH’s Strategic Priority to Partner with Patients to incorporate patient engagement and the science of patient input in device design, assessment, and review. EEP manages the Network of Experts Program, public-private partnerships including the Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC), the Critical Path and Regulatory Science Initiatives, the Medical Device Fellowship Program, and technology transfer and collaboration efforts for the Center. Ms. Saha began her FDA career as a researcher in the CDRH’s Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories in the Division of Imaging and Applied Mathematics in the area of imaging display technologies before moving to EEP to coordinate Critical Path and Regulatory Science activities for the Center. Ms. Saha has a Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering and Minor in History from the University of Pittsburgh. She was a student researcher at the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine working in tissue engineering and wound healing.
Papers:
SYMPOSIUM: INCORPORATING PATIENT ENGAGEMENT AND PATIENT-PREFERENCE DATA INTO MEDICAL DECISION MAKING