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People in the News: New Appointments at Sema4, Sophia Genetics, Qiagen, More

Sema4: Isaac Ro

Isaac Ro has been appointed as CFO of Sema4. Previously, he was CFO of Thrive Earlier Detection, which was recently acquired by Exact Sciences. Prior to that, he led the US medical technology team at Goldman Sachs, where he covered life science tools, diagnostics, and medical technology. Before that, he held a similar role at SVB Leerink.


Sophia Genetics: Ross Muken

Sophia Genetics has named Ross Muken as chief financial officer. Muken, who has more than two decades of experience in finance, previously had been CFO and COO of Click Therapeutics. He has also had stints as head of healthcare services and technology research at Evercore ISI and in equity research at Thomas Weisel Partners.


Qiagen: Toralf Haag

Qiagen said this week that it has appointed Toralf Haag as a member of the supervisory board and audit committee. Since October 2018 Haag has served as CEO and chairman of management board at Voith, a global technology company. Before joining Voith, he served for more than 11 years at Lonza as CFO and a member of the executive committee.


For additional recent items on executive appointments and promotions in the omics and molecular diagnostics industries, please see the People in the News page on our website.

The Scan

Open Pediatric Brain Tumor Atlas Team Introduces Genomic Data Collection, Analytical Tools

A study in Cell Genomics outlines open-source methods being used to analyze and translate whole-genome, exome, and RNA sequence data from the Pediatric Brain Tumor Atlas.

Neurological Outcomes Linked to Innate Immune Features After Cardiac Arrest

Researchers reporting in Med dig into immune features found a few hours after cardiac arrest that correspond with neurological outcomes.

Mouse Study Finds Circadian Rhythm-Related Gene Expression Changes Linked to Sleep Apnea

A paper in PLOS Biology reveals tissue-specific circadian rhythm and gene expression patterns in an intermittent hypoxia-based mouse model of obstructive sleep apnea.

Polygenic Risk Score to Predict Preeclampsia, Gestational Hypertension in Pregnant Women

Researchers in Nature Medicine provide new mechanistic insights into the development of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, which may help develop therapeutics.