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Co-Diagnostics: Carl Wittwer, Karen Carroll, Noriko Kusukawa, Anne Wyllie

Mar 17, 2022

Co-Diagnostics has appointed Carl Wittwer, Karen Carroll, Noriko Kusukawa, and Anne Wyllie to its scientific advisory board.

Wittwer was a cofounder and CSO of Idaho Technology/BioFire Diagnostics, board chairman of BioFire during its acquisition by BioMerieux, and is a professor emeritus of pathology at the University of Utah. Carroll is a professor of pathology and director of the division of medical microbiology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Kusukawa is a biotech veteran who most recently served as VP of ARUP Laboratories. Wyllie is a research scientist and the principal investigator of SalivaDirect at Yale University.

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