Megha Patel, JD, PhD

Megha Patel - Business Development Officer

Megha Patel, JD, PhD

Senior Business Development Officer - - Engineering/Physical Sciences/MedTech Team
Business Development and Technology Transfer

Megha joined UCLA TDG in December 2018 and manages a Medtech portfolio. She was previously a Senior Licensing Officer at UC Irvine after which she joined the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as an Attorney and Assistant General Counsel for Global Health. She was then Assistant VP for Research and Economic Development at Cal State University. Megha has a B.S. in Biological Sciences from UC Irvine, a Ph.D. in Physiological Sciences and Genetics from UCLA, and a J.D. from Maurer School of Law, Indiana University.