Violetta Akopian

Violetta Akopian, Ph.D. joined Viracta Therapeutics as Vice President of Quality Assurance with more than 20 years of experience in pharmaceutical development. Most recently, Dr. Akopian served as Vice President of Quality at Nitto Avecia Pharma Services, responsible for Quality Assurance and Quality Systems compliance to regulatory standards for custom development and commercial product support. Previously, Dr. Akopian served as Vice President of Pharmaceutical Development at Regulus Therapeutics where she managed drug development compliance activities for the company’s pipeline. Her recent experiences reflect the knowledge gained from a succession of roles in which she was focused on quality assurance, compliance and pharmaceutical development across biotech companies and contact organizations in the US and Canada. Dr. Akopian obtained a M.Sc. in Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Biology at the Russian Academy of Science in St. Petersburg. She received her post-doctoral training at Erasmus University of Rotterdam and in the Department of Cancer Endocrinology at the British Columbia Cancer Agency.