Pierre V. Trân, M.D., M.M.M., Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, Clinical Development

Prior to joining Cortex, Dr. Trân held senior level positions at XenoPort Inc., where he was Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, and at Eli Lilly and Company, where he was Global Medical Director of the Joint Antidepressant Group. Dr. Trân received an MD from the Université de Franche-Comté in France and a Masters in Medical Management (MMM) from Tulane University. He completed his residency training at Duke University and holds an academic appointment as Assistant Consulting Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University Medical Center.

Dr. Trân’s career has focused in the field of clinical research and development programs of novel compounds targeting schizophrenia, depression, anxiety disorders, neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia, Parkinson’s disease, spasticity, and restless legs syndrome. He has been successful in developing drug candidates with multiple indications, including Zyprexa® and Cymbalta®. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed scientific journals and has contributed to several books.