Omkar Phadnis

Hometown: Redmond, WA
Profiles: LinkedIn

Omkar Phadnis is a high school student from Redmond, Washington, where he attends Redmond High School. He is interested in cancer biology, functional genomics, and translational medicine and hopes to pursue a career as a physician-scientist.

Omkar is a student researcher in Dr. Srinivas Viswanathan’s laboratory at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Prior to joining Dana-Farber, he conducted computational oncology research at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, where he used transcriptomic analyses to study melanoma biology and immunotherapy response.

Outside of the laboratory, Omkar enjoys competing in science fairs and sharing his research with diverse audiences. He also loves playing basketball, watching sports, and going to the gym.