Naheed Kurji's guest appearances

Naheed Kurji

StartUp Health NOW Podcast

LifeSciences Leadership podcast

Daniel Penn

Steve Case

Sanjay Gupta

Robin Berzin

Andreessen Horowitz

Dean Ornish

Safi Bahcall

Marty Makary

Alan Curtis

Susan Schneider

Karen Martel

Andreas Weigend

Esther Dyson

Vinod Khosla

Dave Chase

OwlTail

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Naheed Kurji, ‎President &amp; CEO, Cyclica, talks to Unity Stoakes, president of StartUp Health. He shared Cyclica’s moonshot and how they are helping scientists more efficiently discover safer and more effective medicines by using data and AI in extraordinary ways.Watch here: https://www.startuphealth.com/marketing/videos/now

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Naheed Kurji, ‎President &amp; CEO, Cyclica, talks to Unity Stoakes, president of StartUp Health. He shared Cyclica’s moonshot and how they are helping scientists more efficiently discover safer and more effective medicines by using data and AI in extraordinary ways. Watch here: <a href="https://www.startuphealth.com/marketing/videos/now" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.startuphealth.com/marketing/videos/now</a>

#174: Fail Fast, Fail Cheap in Drug Discovery: Naheed Kurji, Cyclica

Meet Naheed Kurji, CEO of Cyclica.   Enhancing Drug Discovery by Harnessing Big Data and Predictive Analytics ​ Cyclica is a bioinformatics company focused on helping scientists navigate the drug discovery pipeline by assessing the safety and efficacy of drugs. Whether pre-clinical, clinical, or FDA approved, Cyclica can offer novel insight and analysis into drugs’ effects using their in-house, drug-centric and structure-based bioinformatics platform.   Before being named CEO, Naheed joined Cyclica as CFO - a job for which he gave a position at one of the big Canadian banks.   Hear what he has to say about leadership, innovation and why Elon Musk will probably try to solve the problem of human longevity. ​ Some of the resources he mentions: ​ White Tiger  by Aravind Adiga  The white tiger of this novel is Balram Halwai, a poor Indian villager whose great ambition leads him to the zenith of Indian business culture, the world of the Bangalore entrepreneur. ​ The Real-Life MBA by Jack and Suzy Welch Your No-BS Guide to Winning the Game, Building a Team, and Growing Your Career ​ McKinsey Global Institute The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) has been named the number one private-sector think tank in the world in the 2016 Global Go to Think Tank Index Report published on January 26, 2017 by the Think Tank and Civil Society Program at the Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania. This is the second year in a row that MGI has been awarded this top spot in the global ranking. ​ The Economist No description needed ​ MaRS Discovery District, Toronto The Launchpad for Leading Innovators ​ Startup Health Entrepreneurs Transforming Healthcare

Meet <a>Naheed Kurji</a>, CEO of <a>Cyclica</a>. Enhancing Drug Discovery by Harnessing Big Data and Predictive Analytics ​ Cyclica is a bioinformatics company focused on helping scientists navigate the drug discovery pipeline by assessing the safety and efficacy of drugs. Whether pre-clinical, clinical, or FDA approved, Cyclica can offer novel insight and analysis into drugs’ effects using their in-house, drug-centric and structure-based bioinformatics platform. Before being named CEO, Naheed joined Cyclica as CFO - a job for which he gave a position at one of the big Canadian banks. Hear what he has to say about leadership, innovation and why Elon Musk will probably try to solve the problem of human longevity. ​ Some of the resources he mentions: ​ <a>White Tiger </a> by Aravind Adiga  The white tiger of this novel is Balram Halwai, a poor Indian villager whose great ambition leads him to the zenith of Indian business culture, the world of the Bangalore entrepreneur. ​ <a>The Real-Life MBA</a> by Jack and Suzy Welch Your No-BS Guide to Winning the Game, Building a Team, and Growing Your Career ​ <a>McKinsey Global Institute</a> <a>The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) has been named the number one private-sector think tank in the world in the </a><a>2016 Global Go to Think Tank Index Report</a> published on January 26, 2017 by the Think Tank and Civil Society Program at the Lauder Institute, University of Pennsylvania. This is the second year in a row that MGI has been awarded this top spot in the global ranking. <a>​</a> <a>The Economist</a> No description needed ​ <a>MaRS Discovery District, Toronto</a> The Launchpad for Leading Innovators ​ <a>Startup Health</a> Entrepreneurs Transforming Healthcare

Episode 004 Naheed Kurji - CEO Cyclica