Director of R&D
Biotia Inc.
Disclosure(s): Biotia: Employee, Stocks/Bonds (Private Company); Biotia Inc: Employee, Stocks/Bonds (Private Company)
Mara Couto-Rodriguez, MSc is the Director of Research & Development at Biotia, a NYC-based startup focusing on clinical diagnostics and surveillance by leveraging genomics and AI for precision infectious disease insights. She has over 15 years of experience working in the development of high complexity molecular assays in the fields of microbiome, fungal genetics and infectious diseases. Her work at Biotia is focused on the development and clinical validation of genomic-based diagnostics for complicated urinary tract infections, bacterial vaginosis and antimicrobial resistance. Mara holds a master’s degree in Fungal Genetics from the University of Georgia along with a master’s degree in Microbiology from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, where she also earned her BS in Biology.