Pragati S. Coder PhD, DABT

Leading scientific operations of our Ashland, OH, and Mattawan, MI sites, Pragati Coder is a subject matter expert for DART, neurotoxicity, and juvenile toxicity studies that support product development programs for pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and veterinary medical products. Dr. Coder received her Ph.D. in molecular biology from the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, India (2000) and was a postdoctoral fellow at the College of Pharmacy, the University of Texas at Austin. Joining Charles River with the acquisition of WIL Research, Dr. Coder is board-certified as a Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology, and a member of several professional organizations, including the Society of Toxicology, Society for Birth Defects Research and Prevention (BDR-P, formerly Teratology Society), American College of Toxicology, European Teratology Society and the Middle Atlantic Reproduction and Teratology Association (MARTA). She has served in various capacities in these organizations, is the current Treasurer for BDR-P, and the current Secretary/Treasurer for the Reproductive and Developmental Toxicity Specialty Section of the Society of Toxicology.