Birgit Kittel

Birgit Kittel serves as a Toxicology Project Leader at Roche since November 2022, with a robust background in toxicology and safety assessment. Kittel has been a registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance since 2016. Prior experience includes roles at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research as a Non-clinical Project Safety Assessment/Toxicology professional from June 2009 to October 2022, and a Director of Preclinical Safety at Actelion Pharmaceuticals from September 2007 to March 2009. Previous positions also include Principal Pathologist at Pfizer from November 2004 to August 2007, Senior Pathologist at BASF from February 1994 to October 2004, and Pathologist specializing in Toxicology and Aerosol Research at Fraunhofer ITEM from January 1990 to January 1994.