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M2Gen: Daniel Elgort, May Yoon

Jan 20, 2022

Oncology-focused bioinformatics company M2Gen has appointed Daniel Elgort as chief data and analytics officer and May Yoon as chief people officer.

Elgort was most recently CSO at Covera Health. where he built a healthcare data platform to collect cancer diagnosis data and link it to longitudinal clinical data. He holds BS degrees in biomedical engineering and computer science from Johns Hopkins University and a PhD in biomedical engineering from Case Western Reserve University.

Yoon previously served as chief people officer at Agio, a VC-backed IT firm; and at Clear, a biometric identify company. She holds bachelors degrees in international relations and psychology from Wellesley College and an MS in management and strategy from the London School of Economics.

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