Ramaiah Muthyala | Professor/Director at University of Minnesota, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Indian organization for Rare diseases

Prof. Ramaiah Muthyala is an associate professor in the Department of Experimental Clinical Pharmacology, an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine, Graduate Faculty, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, formerly Senior Assistant Director, Center for Drug Design, and associate director for the Center for Orphan Drug Research,  University of Minnesota, USA, spanning 23 years academic research.  His current research interests are developing therapeutics for rare diseases, specifically blood disorders, neurological disorders, and drug-resistant infections.  Before his academic appointment, he worked in the pharma industry in the USA and India for 22 years in drug discovery and development. Dr. Ramaiah Muthyala is President & CEO of the Indian Organization for Rare Diseases, a not-for-profit umbrella organization representing 7000 rare diseases and 90 million patients and their families from India.  He has raised awareness of rare diseases, advocated public policy, and promoted diagnosis and treatments since 2005.  His contributions have been noted in the India Drugs and Cosmetic Act, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and Central Drugs Standard Control Organization.  He is a member of Rare Diseases International, International Rare Diseases Research Consortium, Asia-Pacific Alliances for Rare Disease Organizations, National Organization for Rare Disorders, USA, and European Organization for Rare Disorders.