Schizophrenia is a disease that afflicts 3 million Americans.1

The World Health Organization ranks it as the third most disabling disease in the world.2

To make matters worse, schizophrenia is often misunderstood and the current drugs used to treat it are laden with harmful side effects.

Listen as Eventide CIO Finny Kuruvilla, MD, PhD, explains the symptoms associated with Schizophrenia and the exciting new therapies on the horizon that promise significant quality-of-life improvements for many patients.
Author

Finny Kuruvilla, MD, PhD

Co-Chief Investment Officer, Senior Portfolio Manager, Managing Director, Founding Member

Finny Kuruvilla, MD, PhD, serves as a Co-Chief Investment Officer, Senior Portfolio Manager for Eventide’s strategic growth strategies and healthcare & life sciences strategies, a Managing Director for Eventide’s private investing line of business, as well as Founding Member of Eventide.

Dr. Kuruvilla has a background in healthcare, statistics, and investing. Concurrent with his early years at Eventide, he was a Principal at Clarus Ventures, a healthcare and life sciences venture capital firm subsequently acquired by Blackstone. Earlier in his career, Dr. Kuruvilla was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, where he led the development of a new microarray between the Broad Institute and a publicly-traded company Affymetrix. Prior to his investing career, Dr. Kuruvilla was resident, chief resident, and fellow at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital. 

Dr. Kuruvilla holds an MD from Harvard Medical School, a PhD in Chemistry and Chemical Biology from Harvard University, a SM in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT, and a BS in Chemistry from Caltech. 

References
1Desai, P.R., K.A. Lawson, J.C. Barner, and K.L. Rascati. “Estimating the Direct and Indirect Costs for Community-Dwelling Patients with Schizophrenia.” Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research 4, no. 4 (Jul 2013): 187-94. Accessed May 27, 2020. http://online library.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jphs.12027/epdf.

2“The World Health Report.” World Health Organization. Accessed May 27, 2020. https://www.who.int/whr/2001/chapter2/en/index4.html.