Anita Dushyanth is a medical technology and devices analyst with Zacks Investment Research. Prior to joining Zacks, she has worked as a researcher in the field of bioengineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for more than 10 years. Her expertise includes research that delves into design and development of medical compliant devices, biomechanics of the human body, degenerative disease progression and quantitative image analysis and optimization. She has been a peer reviewer and editor for a number of journals in the field of biomedical engineering. Prior to that, Dushyanth worked as a researcher at the department of radiology and biomedical imaging at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She has completed the research work for a doctorate in bioengineering from UCLA. She holds a master's degree in biomedical engineering from Wright State University in Ohio and a bachelor's degree in instrumentation engineering from the University of Madras, India.