Polyna Khudyakov

Polyna Khudyakov has a strong background in biostatistics and research. Polyna is currently the Director of Biostatistics at Sage Therapeutics since May 2022. Prior to that, they worked at Takeda as an Associate Director from November 2020 to April 2022 and as a Senior Principal Statistician from July 2018 to November 2020. Polyna also has experience in academia, having worked at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health as a Research Scientist from November 2015 to July 2018, a Research Associate from July 2012 to October 2015, and a Postdoc Fellow from September 2010 to June 2012. Polyna began their career as a Scientist at SEE Center, Technion, Israel from September 2005 to August 2010.

Polyna Khudyakov holds a Ph.D. in Statistics, which they obtained from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, where they studied from 2006 to 2010. Prior to that, they earned an M.Sc. in Operation Research from the same institution, attending from 2002 to 2006. Earlier in their academic journey, they completed their undergraduate studies at Donetsk National University, receiving an M.Sc. in Mathematics, a degree they obtained between 1992 and 1997.