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Allelica: Scientific Advisory Board

Allelica has added Noura Abdul-Husn, Robert Green, Gordon Huggins, and Aleksander Rajkovic to its scientific advisory board.

Abdul-Husn is the founding chief of the Division of Genomic Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine, and clinical director of the school's Institute for Genomic Health. She is an associate professor of medicine and genetics and board certified in internal medicine and medical genetics.

Green is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and directs the Genomes 2 People research program at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Broad Institute, and Ariadne Labs.

Huggins is director of the Molecular Cardiology Research Institute Center for Translational Pharmacology and Genomics and an associate professor at Tufts University School of Medicine. He has previously directed the genetic ancillary study for the Look AHEAD trial, and led the NHLBI Heart Failure Network program at Tufts. He has also directed participation in the Dilated Cardiomyopathy Genetics Consortium.

Rajkovic is the medical director and chief of the Center for Genetic and Genomic Medicine in the UCSF Health System, and previously served as chief of medical and laboratory genetics at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

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