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Senior Director, Translational Research at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
📍 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Neelroop Parikshak is a physician-scientist and Senior Director of Translational Research at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. He specializes in bridging basic science with therapeutic development, leveraging human genetics and quantitative approaches to address unmet needs in medicine. He earned his MD and PhD from UCLA after studying at Rice University and completed his residency at UCSF.

His career is driven by a long-standing personal interest in complex neurological conditions. He is deeply focused on understanding and developing therapies for neurodevelopmental disorders, epilepsy, migraine, and neurodegeneration, reflecting a seamless blend of his professional expertise and personal passion for the field.

Unique fact: He is a past winner of multiple "Computational Biology" challenges on the innovation site IdeaConnection.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
Senior Director, Translational Research
Job Level
Senior
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Translational Genetics
He leads teams that use human genetics, -omics, and electronic health records to prioritize new drug targets, identify biomarkers, and design clinical trials for novel therapies.
Neurological Drug Discovery
As a board-certified neurologist, he focuses on shepherding the next generation of oligonucleotide therapeutics from basic science to clinical application for severe neurological diseases.
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Career

Work history

1-2026
Senior Director, Translational Research
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
1-2025 - 1-2026
Director, Next Wave Research
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
1-2024 - 1-2025
Director, Neuroscience and Ophthalmology Translational Genetics
Regeneron
11-2021 - 1-2024
Associate Director, Neuroscience and Ophthalmology Translational Genetics
Regeneron
6-2021 - 10-2021
Clinical Instructor
University of California, San Francisco
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Education
6-2017 - 6-2021
Neurology Residency and Internal Medicine Internship
University of California, San Francisco
2008 - 2017
Doctor of Medicine (MD)
UCLA
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