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The IDBS informatics division of Danaher has hired Christian Marcazzo as vice president and general manager. Marcazzo comes to UK-based IDBS from PerkinElmer Informatics, where he had been VP for analytics and search. In his new role, Marcazzo will be responsible for all profit and loss functions, including developing and executing a business strategy, evaluating growth opportunities, and hiring sales and professional services personnel. Danaher bought IDBS in October 2017.

Kelly Gebo has joined the All of Us Research Program at the National Institutes of Health as chief medical and scientific officer. She is a professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University and an expert in HIV health services research and HIV clinical outcomes. Gebo holds an MD from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a master's degree in public health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

British bioinformatics firm Repositive has named three new senior executives. Ave Wrigley has joined as chief technology officer, Robert Thong has been hired as chief business officer, and Julian Coe is the new chief finance and operating officer. Thong and Coe each has leadership experience in genomics, life sciences, and digital health companies, while Wrigley comes from an IT background in the e-commerce, data-driven marketing, and multimedia content management sectors.

Epic Sciences has appointed Katherine Atkinson as its chief commercial officer, charging her with the development of the firm's global commercial strategy. Atkinson joins Epic with two decades of life science and healthcare experience. Most recently, she served as vice president of business development at Edico Genome, where she established a global channel network and managed strategic partnerships. Prior to Edico she worked for Illumina, overseeing numerous teams, including molecular biology/PCR sales, inside sales, Latin America, and most recently global channel partners. She has also held positions at Fisher Scientific, Thermo Fisher, and Beckman Coulter.

Biocept has appointed Edwin Hendrick as Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. Hendrick brings 25 years of sales and commercial leadership experience in the healthcare industry, with senior level commercial and operational positions at a variety of diagnostic and healthcare service companies. 

In his most recent position at GenomeDx, Hendrick developed the company's commercial strategy and launched its commercial offering. Prior to GenomeDx he served as executive vice president of sales and marketing at Plus Diagnostics. He also served as an executive with US Labs and led sales and marketing for Ventana Medical Systems after beginning his career in sales for Abbott Laboratories.

NantHealth has hired Nikko Khazana as senior VP for strategy and business development and Mark Mozley as SVP for global sales. Khazana had previously served as SVP of sales at CompanionDx Reference Lab. Mozley previously led sales efforts for life sciences and global strategic accounts at Clarivate Analytics.