Ponni Subbiah, MD, MPH, is a neurologist with extensive pharmaceutical industry and public health experiences. She leads the Medical Affairs group and is the Chief Medical Officer at Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. Prior to that she was Chief Medical Officer at Indivior Inc., with responsibility for Medical Affairs and Pharmacovigilance globally. During her previous tenure of over 15 years at Pfizer Inc., she held various leadership roles in Global Medical Affairs and led Pfizer’s Global Access program, which focused on improving access to medicines and healthcare for low-income populations in the developing world. Other experiences include serving as Program Leader for Drug Development for PATH, a nonprofit focused on the discovery and development of treatments for diseases affecting the developing world. Dr. Subbiah received her medical degree from Madras Medical College in Chennai, India and completed a residency in neurology at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester, MN. She completed a research/clinical fellowship in AIDS Neurology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and earned a Master’s degree in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, MD.
