Leena Pradhan Nabzdyk, PhD, MBA
About Leena Pradhan Nabzdyk, PhD, MBA
I’m CEO and cofounder of Canomiks, a life scientist and professor at Harvard Medical School. At Canomiks, we work with ingredient suppliers, consumer brands, manufacturers, and testing partner labs in the dietary supplement, nutricosmetics, functional food and beverage industry. I grew up in India where Ayurvedic medicine has been common practice for thousands of years. My early childhood memories include my Grandmother using traditional ayurvedic medicine to cure common ailments. As the natural ingredients and dietary supplement industry grew in the United States, I saw an opportunity to bring more science to the industry, and Canomiks was born. Our vision ‘Making Food as Medicine a Reality®’ with hopes that we help our communities be healthier and planet more sustainable. I’m also a professor at Harvard Medical School where I’ve been on faculty since 2005. My academic work involves understanding bypass graft failure, and developing strategies to prevent failure. I have developed alliances between industry and academia and spearheaded multi-disciplinary projects in the fields of diabetes, cardiovascular and allied areas. My professional accomplishments include successfully securing multi-million dollar extramural funding for a wide variety of research projects and training programs. Currently, I’m the co-chair of the @Women in Nutracutical’s science committee, and passionate about helping women succeed in the field of science. I also served on the board of Launch MN.