Ishita Das, PhD, is a director on the Science Philanthropy Accelerator for Research and Collaboration team at Milken Institute Strategic Philanthropy, where she leads cross-disciplinary projects. Her expertise lies in biomedical research, science policy, stakeholder engagement, workforce diversity, strategic planning, and project management. At the Milken Institute, she applies this knowledge to guide philanthropic investments to have a meaningful impact on science and health. Das advises philanthropists and foundations and implements strategies to deploy philanthropic capital to advance health research priorities. Previously, Das was at a management consulting firm, where she led cross-functional teams to implement science and health initiatives for federal agencies, nonprofits, and public-private partnerships, including the National Institutes of Health, the Office for Human Research Protections, the National Human Genome Research Institute, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Das received her bachelor's degree in biology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and her doctorate in cellular and molecular biology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.