Julia Perederiy, Ph.D. – Principal Consultant

Julia Perederiy, PhD - Principal Consultant
Los Angeles

Dr. Julia Perederiy is a Neuroscientist, Business Strategist, and Entrepreneur, with a decade of experience as a healthcare management consultant, life science company founder, senior executive, and board member. Julia has built her career on the premise of effective, multi-dimensional storytelling: helping clients communicate/illustrate ideas, understand target market(s), and competitively position products/portfolios/R&D. She has worked with academic faculty, early-career founders, seed-funded biotech companies, global pharma, and private investment funds. Client engagements have included drug development, medical devices, rare diseases, psychedelic medicine, AI-driven drug discovery & repurposing, medical foods, botanicals, cosmetics, and nutraceuticals.

Leveraging her diverse background and breadth of knowledge, Dr. Perederiy applies unique insights to evaluate company fundamentals and strengthen market positioning at both macro- and microeconomic levels. Specializing in biotechnology, Julia is acutely aware of current trends and key indicator variables, which inform her bottom-up financial models and profit/loss forecasts, useful for founders and investment funds alike. Her business plans and pitch materials have raised a cumulative sum of $20 million. Her in-depth market analyses have informed high-level strategic decisions in global pharma companies. Her scientific ideas have received grant funding from private and government organizations, including Michael J Fox Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. She served as an Industry Expert at NIH's I-Corps program for SBIR grant recipients. Recently, she secured Orphan Drug status in US and EU for psilocybin in fragile X syndrome. 

On a personal note, Julia is a musician, painter, and aerial artist with a passion for helping the body heal itself. One output of her creative energy is Om Biome, Inc. – a Los Angeles-based healthcare company that makes microalgae botanicals for regenerative personal care. As a female entrepreneur, Julia is familiar with the founders journey and has access to the local network of incubators, advisory programs, and investment groups.