Richa Sharma Laboratory

Richa Sharma, MD

Associate Staff
Location: Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

Research

The Sharma Lab's research mission is to lead a collaborative and cross-disciplinary scientific research program to understand the role of DNA repair and telomere biology in heritable disorders with cancer predisposition. 

Biography

Dr. Sharma is Associate Staff in the Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation at Cleveland Clinic and Associate Professor at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. Her research focuses on DNA repair and telomere biology in heritable disorders with cancer predisposition, with recent discoveries including gain-of-function mutations in RPA1 and identification of SMARCAL1 as a novel osteosarcoma predisposition gene.

Education & Professional Highlights

Education

• BS, Biology – Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (2008)
• MS, Medical Science – Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN (2010)
• MD, Medicine – Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN (2015)
• Residency, Pediatrics – Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN (2018)
• Fellowship, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN (2021)
• Instructor, Hematology – St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN (2024)

Professional Appointments:

• Associate Staff, Cleveland Clinic Foundation (2025–present)
• Associate Professor, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine–CWRU (2025–present)
• Instructor, Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (2021–2024)

Honors and Awards:

• NIH Loan Repayment Program Award (2021–2025)
• Abstract Achievement Award, American Society of Hematology (2020, 2015)
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute Medical Research Fellowship (2012)