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Quidel: Joseph Wilkins

Mar 05, 2021

Quidel has expanded the size of its board of directors from nine to ten members and appointed Joseph Wilkins to the board.

Wilkins is a partner at healthcare consulting firm TRG Healthcare, a limited partner at privately-held venture capital fund Tech Council Ventures, and is an advisor with Touchdown Ventures, a privately held venture capital group. He previously served as senior vice president and chief transformation and innovation officer for Atlantic Health System, an integrated healthcare delivery system, and prior to that he held positions at Quest Diagnostics and Danaher subsidiary Beckman Coulter.

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