Meet Our Executive Team
Don't let the corporate name fool you; the leadership of Right Brain Bio excels at both "right brain" and "left brain" thinking.
Jonathan Sackner-Bernstein, MD
CEO & Founder
- Development, operations and regulatory expertise from roles in clinical trials, regulation and development (drugs, biologics and devices)
- Discovered novel mechanism of disease; inventor of RB-190 for Parkinson’s
- Experienced Chief Medical Officer, former Senior Official at US FDA, former DARPA contractor and accomplished academic cardiologist, with track record of successful early identification of contrarian views and products
Keith A. Orris
Lead, Strategy
- Corporate strategy and business development
- Founder and CEO of The Endurance Group, a strategic advisory firm focused on innovative products and strategic endeavors
- Launched Drexel Ventures, a university accelerator with incubator and seed funding as well as Schuylkill Yards, a 15-acre/ $3.5 billion public innovation community adjacent to campus
Meet Our Advisory Board
The Right Brain Advisory Board includes recognized experts who engage with the company on clinical, trial, statistical, development and regulatory matters.
Roger Barker, MBBS, MRCP, PhD
Parkinson's and Clinical Trials
- Professor of Clinical Neuroscience at University of Cambridge
- Consultant Neurologist at Addenbrooke’s Hospital
- Director, UK Regenerative Medicine Platform
Paul Blake, MBBS, FRCP
Drug Development
- CEO, Papyrus Therapeutics
- Experienced pharma executive
- Leadership of development programs in PD including Requip (as executive at SB - now GSK) and CEP-1347 (as CMO at Cephalon – now Teva)
Jason Connor, PhD
Clinical Trials & Statistics
- Expertise in innovative, adaptive and Bayesian trial design
- Visiting professor Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- ex-PCORI's Clinical Trial Advisor Panel
- ex-FDA Neurological Devices Advisory Panel
- ex-Faculty NINDS Clinical Trials Methodology Course
Jim Surmeier, PhD
Parkinson's and Clinical Trials
- Chair, Department of Neuroscience, Nathan Smith David Professor at Northwestern University
- AAAS Fellow
- Expert PD experimentalist
- MJFF Scientific Advisor
