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Richard Wenstrup

Apr 22, 2019

Epic Sciences has appointed Richard Wenstrup as its chief medical officer. Wenstrup has served in several clinical leadership roles managing life science companies in the past 25 years. Before Epic, he previously served as CMO for Oxford Immunotec, where he oversaw research and development, product development, regulatory, medical, and clinical affairs. From 2006 to 2017, Wenstrup served as CMO at Myriad Genetics. Prior to Myriad, Wenstrup was a pediatrics professor in human genetics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Cincinnati. 

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