Robert Dworkin, PhD

Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Neurology, and Psychiatry at University of Rochester

Dr. Dworkin has spent over 35 years conducting clinical research on pain. He is currently Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Neurology, and Psychiatry, and Professor in the Center for Health + Technology, at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry.

He holds additional roles as the Director of the Analgesic, Anesthetic, and Addiction Clinical Trial Translations, Innovations, Opportunities, and Networks (ACTTION) public-private partnership with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA); Special Government Employee of the FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research; and Associate Editor of Pain and a member of the Editorial Boards of Canadian Journal of Pain and Journal of Pain. Among his many awards, Dr. Dworkin received the American Pain Society’s Wilbert E. Fordyce Clinical Investigator Award in 2005 and John and Emma Bonica Public Service Award in 2014, the American Academy of Neurology’s Mitchell B. Max Award for Neuropathic Pain in 2015, and the International Association for the Study of Pain’s John D. Loeser Award in 2020.

Dr. Dworkin received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and his Ph.D. from Harvard University, and he has served as a consultant to numerous pharmaceutical and medical device companies in the development and evaluation of analgesic treatments. He has been the principal investigator for a large number of clinical trials funded by government and industry, which have examined treatments for various types of pain. The primary focus of Dr. Dworkin’s current research involves the identification of factors that optimize clinical trials by improving researchers’ ability to measure pain and to better detect treatment effects.

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Robert Barrow

Chief Executive Officer and Board Director

Carol Vallone Portrait

Carol Vallone

Chair of the Board of Directors, Chair of Compensation Committee, Member of Audit/Finance Committee

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Andreas Krebs

Vice Chair of the Board of Directors, Chair of Nomination and Governance Committee, Member of Audit/Finance Committee

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Brigid Makes

Board Director, Chair of Audit Committee

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Roger Crystal, MD

Board Director, Member of Nomination & Governance Committee, Member of Compensation Committee

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Suzanne Bruhn, PhD

Board Director, Member of Nomination & Governance Committee, Member of Compensation Committee

Miri Halperin Wernli, PhD Portrait

Miri Halperin Wernli, PhD

Executive President

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Daniel Karlin, MD, MA

Chief Medical Officer

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Schond Greenway, MBA

Chief Financial Officer

Francois Lilienthal, MD, MBA Portrait

Francois Lilienthal, MD, MBA

Chief Commercial Officer

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Carrie Liao, CPA

Chief Accounting Officer

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Robert Silva, PhD

VP, Head of Development

Robert Malenka, MD, PhD Portrait

Robert Malenka, MD, PhD

Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board, Nancy Friend Pritzker Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University

Peter Bergethon, MD Portrait

Peter Bergethon, MD

Member, Scientific Advisory Board VP, Head of Quantitative & Clinical Technologies, Biogen, Inc.

Robert Dworkin, PhD Portrait

Robert Dworkin, PhD

Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Neurology, and Psychiatry at University of Rochester

Maurizio Fava, MD Portrait

Maurizio Fava, MD

Psychiatrist-in-Chief of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)

Bridget Walton, MS Portrait

Bridget Walton, MS

VP, Global Regulatory Affairs

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Peter Mack, PhD

VP, Pharmaceutical Development

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Carole Abel, MBA

VP, Programs and Portfolio Office (PPO)

Maxim Jacobs, CFA

VP, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications

Maria Oquendo, MD, PhD Portrait

Maria Oquendo, MD, PhD

Ruth Meltzer Professor and Chairman of Psychiatry at University of Pennsylvania, Psychiatrist-in-Chief at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Matthias Liechti, MD, PhD Portrait

Matthias Liechti, MD, PhD

Scientific Collaborator & Advisor

Kim PC Kuypers, PhD Portrait

Kim PC Kuypers, PhD

Scientific Collaborator & Advisor

Peter Gasser, MD Portrait

Peter Gasser, MD

Clinical Advisor