Sudip Parikh will join the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as chief executive officer and executive publisher of the Science family of journals early next year. On January 6, 2020, Parikh will succeed Alan I. Leshner, who is serving as interim CEO at AAAS and had previously led the organisation from 2001 to 2015. Rush Holt then served as AAAS CEO until his retirement in September 2019.
Parikh, who currently serves as senior vice president of DIA (Drug Information Association) Global, will become the 19th chief executive of the 171-year-old non-profit, non-partisan AAAS.
As its core mission, AAAS aims to ‘advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all people.’ The organisation has extensive programs in policy analysis, diversifying the science and technology workforce, public engagement, science education and international affairs, along with publication of the Science family of journals.
Parikh comes to AAAS from DIA Global, a non-profit organisation and publisher that mobilises life science professionals from across all areas of expertise to engage with patients, peers and thought leaders. As managing director of DIA Americas, Parikh leads strategy and operations for the Americas region of the international association, overseeing effective non-partisan policy advocacy while growing membership. Prior to DIA, Parikh served in leadership roles at the multibillion-dollar global research and development organisation Battelle, including vice president and general manager of health and consumer solutions and vice president of health policy.
Parikh also worked as science advisor and professional staff for the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations from 2001 to 2009, advising on discussions regarding appropriations and policy for federal research agencies and congressional oversight of federally-funded programs. He served as the committee’s liaison to science and technology industries, universities and institutions.
Parikh serves on the boards of Research!America and Friends of Cancer Research and on the programmatic consultation committee of the National Institutes of Health National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. He has received multiple awards for public service, including recognition from the American Association of Immunologists, the National AIDS Alliance, the Coalition for Health Services Research, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
A past NIH Presidential Management Fellow, Parikh was also awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship while earning his Ph.D. in macromolecular structure and chemistry from Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California.
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