Niresh Hariparsad

Niresh Hariparsad currently serves as the Head of DMPK Boston in Oncology R&D at AstraZeneca, a position held since August 2020. Prior to this role, Niresh accumulated significant experience at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, starting as a Senior Scientist and advancing to Director/DMPK Project Leader from September 2010 to August 2020. Niresh's career began at Merck and Co. as a Senior Research Chemist from September 2006 to August 2010. Niresh holds a Ph.D. in Biopharmaceutics/Pharmacokinetics from the University of Cincinnati, awarded in 2006, and an MS in Clinical Pharmacology from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, completed in 1999.