People

Comprehensive approach. Implemented by an experienced team.

Leadership

Alexander B. Niculescu, MD, PhD

Founder / Chairman / CEO

Dr. Niculescu is an internationally renowned, award-winning psychiatrist, scientist, educator, and entrepreneur. Over the last two decades, he has pioneered the field of precision psychiatry in general, and the development of blood tests for psychiatric disorders in particular. Dr. Niculescu is a winner, among other accolades, of the Theodore Reich Award from the International Society for Psychiatric Genetics in 2007, the National Institutes of Health Directors’ New Innovator Award in 2010, and the Indiana University Trustee’s Teaching Award in 2019. He founded MindX Sciences to help transform mental health. Dr. Niculescu has dedicated his career to the improved understanding, treatment and prevention of mental health issues, and has personally treated over 10,000 patients.

Raul Zavaleta, B.S. ChE
President, Board Member
- Partner, Cogent Solutions.
- Founder Covance Labs.
- Experienced CEO and Entrepreneur in Life Sciences.
Chris Reist, MD, MBA
Chief Medical Officer
- World-class expert in PTSD, pharmacogenetics, and clinical trials.
Vince Wong, MBA, JD
Chief Commercial Advisor
- Experienced diagnostics executive.
Tien Lee, MD
Co-Founder / Board Member
- Dr. Lee is an experienced biotech business development executive; CEO of Aardvark Therapeutics; former CSO, NantKwest.
Anantha Shekhar, MD, PhD
Co-Founder / Scientific Advisor
- Dr. Shekhar is the Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is a world-class expert in neuropsychiatric drug development and clinical trials.
Don Brown, MD, MS.
Investor / Advisor
- Dr. Brown is currently Founder and CEO, Lifeomic. He is a serial entrepreneur (Genesys/Interactive Intelligence, Software Artistry), and a world-class expert in IT and databases.
Diana McKenzie
Investor / Advisor
- Ex-CIO Workday, Amgen, Lilly.
- Board Member Vertex, MetLife.
- Brain health advocate.
Erik Woods, PhD
Co-Founder / Advisor
- Dr. Woods is an experienced entrepreneur. He is co-founder and CSO of Ossium Health.
Richard Hake, PhD, JD
Co-Founder / Patent Counsel
- Dr. Hake is chief patent counsel, Metagenics. He is formerly the chief patent counsel of Kythera Biopharmaceuticals.
Sunil Hazaray
In Memoriam
- Ex-Phillips, Bayer, Roche.
- Experienced Leader, Diagnostics.

Mental Health Transformation Advisory Board

Jerome Adams, MD
Chair, Mental Health Transformation Advisory Board
- Former Surgeon General of the United States.
Barbara Van Dahlen, Ph.D
Co-Chair Mental Health Transformation Advisor Board / Chief Psychology Officer
- Former Executive Director PREVENTS Task Force; Founder, Give an Hour nonprofit organization; Mental Health Consultant to ABC’s A Million Little Things.
Colleenia Korapatti, M.A.
Member, Mental Health Transformation Advisory Board
- Experienced holistic therapist. Founder of The Anxiety Relief Center.

Scientific Advisory Board

Stephen M. Stahl, MD, PhD, DSc
Co-Founder / Scientific Advisor
- Dr. Stahl is Professor of Psychiatry, UC San Diego, and founder of the Neuroscience Education Institute. He is chairman of Arbor Scientia, and author of Stahl’s Psychopharmacology (3rd Ed., Cambridge University Press).
Dr. Kim Janda
Scientific Advisor
- Dr. Janda is a world-class chemist and professor at Scripps Research.
Jerold Chun, MD, PhD
Scientific Advisor
- Dr. Chun is a leading neuroscientist and Professor at Sanford Burnham Prebys Institute, with extensive pharma drug discovery experience.
Mike Lardon, MD
Scientific Advisor
- Dr. Lardon is a top sports psychiatrist in San Diego that works with top athletes and CEOs.
Raj Vuppalanchi, MD
Scientific Advisor
- Dr. Vuppalanchi, a Professor of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine, is a world-class expert in liver disorders, drug safety, novel therapeutics, and non-invasive biomarkers of disease.

Team

Sunil Kurian, PhD.
Chief Scientific Advisor
- Transplant Genomics Inc., Scripps. Expert in blood biomarkers.
Marwan Tayeh, PhD.
CLIA Lab Director
- IU School of Medicine, University of Michigan. Expert in genomics.
Felix Wyss, M.Sc.
Chief Informatics Advisor
Sumanpreet Gill, MBBS
Molecular Products
Michael Schmitz, B.S.
Digital Products