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Dr. Rao joined Cypress in August 2000 and has worked in a variety of areas, including scientific assessment of potential in-licensing compounds, business development, preclinical study design, design and execution of Cypress’ genomics program, and development of Cypress’ intellectual property program for milnacipran. Prior to Cypress, Dr. Rao worked as a free-lance medical electronics consultant while completing his combined M.D. and Ph.D. program at Yale Medical School. His Ph.D. research focused upon central nervous system neuropharmacology and took place in the laboratory of Dr. Patricia Goldman-Rakic, a world-renowned expert in working memory and pre-frontal function. Upon completion of the M.D. degree, Dr. Rao completed an internship in Internal Medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Dr. Rao holds both an M.S. and B.S. from Yale University in Electrical Engineering. | 