Rajesh Ranganathan PhD

Dr. Rajesh Ranganathan is the Director of the Office of Translational Research at NINDS where he is responsible for leading the Institute’s efforts to more quickly and effectively convert basic and translational research results into new therapeutics. He joined the staff of the NIH in 2010 as the Senior Advisor to the NIH Director for Translational Medicine. Prior to joining the NIH, he spent seven years at the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research Inc. as a director in the scientific strategy and portfolio management group; he also founded and led a Global Office of Scientific Education for the Institutes.