Nayana Nagaraj M.D.

Nayana Nagaraj MD, PhD, currently serves as Director of Neuroscience Early Clinical Development at Bristol Myers Squibb since June 2025. Previously, Nayana held various roles at Lyndra Therapeutics from 2020 to March 2025, including Vice President of Clinical Development and Scientific Communications, Senior Medical Director, and Medical Director. Nayana's experience also includes serving as Associate Medical Director at Pacira BioSciences, Inc. from January 2018 to October 2020, and roles as Senior Consultant HEOR and Consultant HEOR at SmartAnalyst and Scio Strategy in 2017, respectively. Research contributions were made in the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF) from 2014 to 2017. Nayana holds an MD from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences and both a PhD and an MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh.