James (Jay) Bradner, M.D., joined Novartis on January 1, 2016 and became
President of the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) on March 1,
2016. He is a member of the Executive Committee of Novartis.
Prior to joining Novartis, Dr. Bradner was on the faculty of Harvard Medical School
in the Department of Medical Oncology at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in the
United States from 2005 through 2015. Dr. Bradner is a co-founder of five
biotechnology companies and has authored more than 200 scientific publications
and 30 US patent applications.
Dr. Bradner is a graduate of Harvard University and the University of Chicago
Medical School in the US. He completed his residency in medicine at Brigham and
Women's Hospital and his fellowship in medical oncology and hematology at the
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He has been honored with many awards and was
elected into the American Society for Clinical Investigation in 2011 and the Alpha
Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society in 2013.