Alicia Shields, PhD

Alicia joined Health Advances in 2020. She is a member of Health Advances’ Cell and Gene Therapy practice and has experience in opportunity assessment, market sizing, competitive analysis, revenue forecasting, and commercialization strategy.

Prior to joining Health Advances, Alicia worked as a researcher at UMass Medical School in Molecular, Cell & Cancer Biology and at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Molecular Microbiology & Immunology.

Alicia holds a PhD in Genetics from Stanford University and a BS in Biology, summa cum laude, from South Carolina State University.