Suzana Maria Vega Harring, MD

Head of Exploratory Pathology, Pharma Research and Early Development (pRED), Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg

Suzana is a medical doctor and board certified human pathologist from the Federal Fluminense University, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, currently heading the exploratory pathology group within the Roche Pharma Research and Early Development organization (pRED) in Penzberg, Germany.

Before joining Roche in 2008, she has worked as a diagnostic pathologist at the Federal Fluminense University and National Cancer Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, and has spent 1 and a half years at the Tokyo Medical University pathology department in Japan.

Currently she heads the exploratory pathology group at Roche, a molecular pathology lab responsible for the development of tissue based assays (IHC/ISH) to support the drug development process in cancer research with the aim to find new tissue biomarkers that can stratify patients for cancer treatment.

Suzana received her medical degree from the Federal Fluminense University in Brasil and was a guest student for 2 years at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen, Germany. She has 2 daughters and had a career break of 3 years when her second child was born. She speaks four languages and is currently enrolled at the Executive MBA General Management program from the Munich Business School in Munich.


Enjoy what you do, be flexible and follow through

After investing many years in graduate and post-graduate schools, it is understandable that we all would like to be successful in one way or the other in our careers. There are many challenges to overcome not only in the daily work but also outside, related to family and especially children, who deserve our highest commitment. In such a scenario, it becomes extremely important to be in the right job, meaning to really enjoy what we do. After having switched jobs between three different countries and also changed from the academic environment to industry, I have found that flexibility and persistence are key for any career development. I would like to share with you my personal experience and my challenges and opportunities in my current position as Head of Exploratory Pathology at Roche.


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