Roohid Parast Science & Fitness

Roohid Parast is a scientist at Johnson & Johnson in Springhouse, PA, working in translational medicine on inflammatory bowel disease, psoriasis, and psoriatic arthritis. His work involves generating and analyzing proteomic and transcriptomic datasets from human clinical samples using platforms including Meso Scale Discovery immunoassays, digital spatial profiling, and single-cell RNA sequencing. He holds a BS in Biochemistry from Temple University and previously worked as a principal investigator on bioanalytical assay studies at QPS and in GMP biopharmaceutical manufacturing at GSK. Roohid Parast is also pursuing an MBA with a concentration in Artificial Intelligence, focused on the intersection of machine learning and drug development, and holds an ACSM personal trainer certification. He writes about biomarker science, IBD research, peptide pharmacology, and evidence-based fitness at roohidparast.github.io.