Geisinger: Christa Lese Martin

Geisinger Health System has named Christa Lese Martin as CSO. Martin, the founding director of the Autism & Developmental Medicine Institute at Geisinger, has served as interim CSO since December and previously was associate CSO at the health system. She will lead clinical research programs across the entire organization, directing a team of more than 500 researchers in precision health, genomics, data science, population health, implementation science, health services, bioethics, and clinical trials. Martin, cochair of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics' Secondary Findings Working Group, was operations director of Emory Genetics Clinical Laboratory at Emory University before joining Geisinger in 2013.