Our leadership
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Judy Van de Water, PhD
FOUNDER,
CHIEF SCIENCE ADVISOR -
Michael S. Paul, PhD
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
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E. Robert Wassman, MD
CHIEF MEDICAL ADVISOR,
HEAD OF CLINICAL DEVELOPMENT -
Mags McInerney, PhD MBA
HEAD OF ASSAY DEVELOPMENT
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Marnin Kligfeld, PhD
CHAIRMAN,
BOARD OF DIRECTORS -
James N. Woody, MD, PhD
VICE CHAIRMAN,
BOARD OF DIRECTORS -
Gail Page
BOARD MEMER
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Vincent A. Forlenza, MBA
BOARD MEMBER
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Chuck Gardner, PgMP
BOARD MEMBER
Key Opinion Leaders
Developmental and Behavioral and General Pediatricians:
Dan Coury, MD
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician
Nationwide Children’s Director of Autism Treatment Network
Tom Frazier, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychology, John Carroll University
Former CSO, Autism Speaks
Former Dir., Center for Autism, Cleveland Clinic
Robin Hansen, MD
Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician UC Davis / MIND Institute
David Traver, MD
General Pediatrician ASD practice in the San Francisco Bay Area
OB and IVF clinicians:
Mary Lake Polan, MD
Currently a Clinical Professor at Yale University School of Medicine.
Currently serves on the board of Quidel Corp and Motif Biosciences as well as on the boards of several privately held life sciences companies.
Managing Director of Golden Seeds, an angel investing group which invests in women led companies
Former Head, Stanford University IVF program
Sandra Carson, MD
Yale IVF Program Head
Former Chair ACOG Reproductive Medicine
Jan Rydfors, MD
Practicing OB/GYN with ASD families
John Sninsky, PhD
Experienced Clinical Development Leader
Member, Initial PCR Team at Cetus, Chief Science Officer, CareDx, Chief Director, Quest Diagnostics V.P., Roche Molecular and Celera Diagnostics
Katherine Tynan, PhD
Experienced Clinical Utility Leader
Board of Directors, GeneProDx, Head of Bus. Dev., Geneweave,Director, Bus. Dev., Applied Biosystems
Nima Aghaeepour, PhD
AI Machine Learning
Stanford University AI Statistician
Commercial Advisors
Kristy Consalvo
Head of Marketing
18+ years of diagnostic products and services experience with multiple companies including BD Biosciences, Boston Heart Diagnostics, CareDx, Aspire Women’s Health, and Pion Instruments.
Head of Marketing at Allergenis
Rich Minicus
Chief Financial Advisor
Director, Corporate Business Development, Becton, Dickinson & Co., Chief Investment Officer, BD Ventures; Pfizer Medical Technology Group; Merrill Lynch Venture Capital and Investment Banking; J.P. Morgan Corporate Loan Officer
Stan Lapidus
Serial Entrepreneur Experienced in Autism Market
Serial Dx entrepreneur and former CEO, SynapDx (Gene Expression Dx Testing for ASD)
Jeff Knupp
Head of Sales & Payor Relations
+25 years managing multi-million-dollar operations and diagnostics sales teams, including at PerkinElmer; responsible for numerous successful product launches and strategic reimbursement programs in prenatal, cancer and autism spaces
Prev. Sales Dir. and Dir. Market Dev. Specialty Diagnostics PerkinElmer