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Personalis: Kenneth Widder, Alan Colowick

Jun 16, 2023

Personalis has appointed Kenneth Widder to its board of directors. Widder currently serves on the boards of QuidelOrtho and Evoke Pharma. He has over 40 years of experience working with biomedical companies, including Sydnexis, OrphoMed, Sytera, NovaCardia, Santarus, and Molecular Biosystems. He was also a general partner at LVP Life Science Ventures and Windamere Venture Partners. He holds an MD from Northwestern University and was trained in pathology at Duke University.

The company also announced that Alan Colowick has resigned his position as a director of the company, effective June 12.

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