Viktoria Kheifets is Senior Vice President of Biology at Alkahest where she leads a cross-functional team to identify plasma bioactives and their mechanisms of reversing age-dependent decline in CNS and peripheral functions. Prior to Alkahest, Viktoria focused on new company formation at Third Rock Ventures in the fields of liver regeneration and immunometabolism. She was a Senior Group Leader of Biology at Edison Pharmaceuticals where she headed drug discovery efforts in orphan mitochondrial diseases and diseases of aging. Prior to Edison, Viktoria was at Ampere Life Sciences, where she led skin aging and medical foods research programs. Viktoria obtained her scientific training at MIT and Stanford.