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Dr. Victoria Niklas has more than 30 years of experience as a global biotechnology executive and strategy advisor in the clinical and research life sciences and pharmaceutical industries. With a clinical background as a neonatologist, her focus is to improve the care and well-being of patients through scientific research, medical discovery, and new product innovation targeting unmet needs in health care.
Dr. Niklas currently serves as Chief Medical Officer Oak Hill Bio and brings an extensive background to the LactaLogics Board, including past service as Chief Medical and Scientific Officer of Prolacta Bioscience, Director of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Newborn Medicine at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, and Chief of Neonatal Medicine at Nemours Children’s Health System.
She earned her master’s degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Harvard University and her medical degree from Harvard Medical School. She completed her residency in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and a fellowship in perinatal and neonatal medicine at UCLA.
“Human milk and its role in protecting newborns from life-threatening diseases has always been a passion of mine. LactaLogics is bringing much-needed innovation to the field of neonatal nutrition and I’m excited to help guide what’s next in human milk-based science and research.”
