Tarif Awad, PhD
Dr. Tarif Awad is vice president for scientific affairs at Olink Proteomics. He leads a team of scientists responsible for collaborations and strategic partnerships aimed at advancing the use of proteomics studies in basic research and pharmaceutical development. Dr. Awad spent much of his career helping expand the utility and global availability of various genomics platforms and applications, from basic and translational research into clinical diagnostics. Before joining Olink, he held scientific and strategic roles for biotech tool providers including Affymetrix, Sequenom, and Thermo Fisher Scientific. Dr. Awad is a cell and molecular biologist, holds a PhD from the University of Washington in Seattle, and completed postdoctoral training at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, also in Seattle. He lives in San Francisco, California.