Bill Aurora, Pharm.D.

Dr. Bill Aurora joined Neumora in 2021 and serves as our Chief Strategy Officer. From July 2016 to June 2021, Dr. Aurora was at Dermira, Inc., which was acquired by Eli Lilly in 2020, where he served as Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs and Compliance from 2016 to November 2019 and as Chief Scientific Affairs Officer from November 2019 to June 2021. Previously, he held vice president roles in medical affairs at Neurocrine Biosciences from 2015 to 2016 as well as global scientific affairs at Merck Research Laboratories from 2014 to 2015 and various roles at Amgen from 2002 to 2014, most recently serving as Vice President, Global Scientific Affairs, Global Development from 2007 to 2014 and Vice President, Worldwide Compliance and Business Ethics from 2013 to 2014. 

Dr. Aurora holds a B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Texas at Austin and a Pharm.D. from the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, and obtained board certification in psychiatric pharmacy practice.