Dr Ivelin Antonov Trifonov

Principal Investigator

Key Appointments:

  • Senior Clinical Research Physician, Clerkenwell Health

  • Former PI & Senior Clinical Research Physician, MAC Clinical Research

  • Former PI & Senior Clinical Research Physician, Panthera Biopartners

  • FormerENT Specialist & Sub-I, Royal Bolton Hospital & Basildon University Hospital

Years of Experience:

15+ years clinical experience, including 6+ years delivering commercial CNS trials

Therapeutic Areas (CNS & Psychiatry):
Major Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant Depression, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, PTSD, Social Anxiety Disorder, Alzheimer’s Disease, Migraine, Dementia, Neurodegeneration

Drug Classes & Modalities:

Antidepressants, anxiolytics, NMDA-targeted therapies, psychedelic CNS compounds, migraine therapeutics, neurodegeneration agents (Aβ, tau), immune-modulating and anti-inflammatory agents, biologics, vaccines

Clinical Trials Experience:

  • PI/Sub-I on 27 Phase I–IV trials across CNS, psychiatry, neurology and internal medicine

  • Extensive psychiatric portfolio including multiple Phase 2–3 trials in MDD, OCD, PTSD, and Social Anxiety Disorder

  • Certified in key psychiatric scales

  • Advanced training in pharmacovigilance, medical monitoring, and clinical trial design (Johns Hopkins, Uppsala Monitoring Centre, UC San Diego)