Leona Bessonova MS, PhD

Leona Bessonova, Ph.D. joined Alkermes in Spring 2019 as a Director of Health Economics & Outcomes Research, leading HEOR projects for ALKS 3831. Leona is a trained epidemiologist, experienced with non-interventional research and real-world evidence generation, including registries and studies incorporating patient perspective. She has worked in Safety and Medical Affairs functions at a number of pharmaceutical companies, focusing on a range of disease states from ophthalmologic & dermatologic conditions at Allergan Inc, to cystic fibrosis at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, and now schizophrenia and serious mental illness at Alkermes. Leona received her doctoral training at the University of California, Irvine, where she focused on breast cancer epidemiology.