Neliëtte van Niekerk, MCom

Ms. Van Niekerk oversees biometrics activities for IPM-led clinical trials, including coordinating data management, biostatistics and medical writing.

Prior to joining IPM, Ms. Van Niekerk worked at Pfizer in the United Kingdom, initially as biometrics team leader and later as principal statistician supporting early phase clinical trials in sexual health. She was previously a biostatistician at two clinical research organisations in South Africa, FARMOVS in Bloemfontein and Cape Town Data, where she also served as medical writer.

Ms. Van Niekerk holds a bachelor’s degree in statistics and computer science and a master’s degree in statistics from the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa.