Dr. Umanskaya joined BI – New York in 2016 as Associate Director, Brand Development. She was promoted in 2019 to Director, Brand Development and again promoted in 2020 to Vice President, Brand Development. In her 9+ years at Brand Institute, Dr. Umanskaya has worked on 500+ pharmaceutical name development projects including REZDIFFRA, EPKINLY, UBRELVY, and XCOPRI. Prior to joining Brand Institute, she was a Scientific Associate at Syneos Health and Medical Content Developer for Flywheel Partners. Dr. Umanskaya earned her Ph.D. in Physiology and Cellular Biophysics from Columbia University, New York and her B.A. from Macaulay Honors College – CUNY Hunter College, New York.