Bikash Verma

Bikash is a physician-scientist trained in immunology and immuno-oncology with over two decades of experience in clinical research and development both in biotech industry and academia. Prior to joining Aurora, he worked as medical director at GSK and Novartis managing over twenty trials in immunology encompassing over ten thousand subjects across more than a hundred clinical trial sites in US and abroad leading to successful licensure of several products. Prior to joining the biotech industry, he worked at Harvard Medical School as medical director, faculty and scientist; and in public health and clinical care as an Epidemiologist through Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Centers of Disease Control (CDC) surveillance projects and at International Health Organization as its Chief Medical Officer. Bikash holds MD, DVM, MS and MVSc degress and post-doctoral trainings which he completed at University of Massachusetts Medical School and its affiliated hospitals, University of Illinois, S Illinois University, Birsa University, International School of Medicine, and Tufts University.