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Vermont Business Magazine The Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) Foundation has appointed several local community members to lead its Annual Fund as co-vice chairs. They include Nancy Kimball of Manchester Center; Keith Michl, MD, of Dorset; Leslie Morgenthal of Pownal; and Marv Neuman of West Dover. Michael McKenna of Bennington was chosen to chair the fund last November.
“Each of these dedicated and involved community members are committed to making the connection between the health system’s important work and the communities they live in,” said Tom Ziegler, chair of the Foundation Board. “We are grateful for their efforts.”
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Dr Mark Levine, Health Commissioner, with Governor Phil Scott, at one of the first COVID-19 press conferences, March 16, 2020. VBM photo.
by Joyce Marcel, Vermont Business Magazine It would have been a bigger surprise if Vermont had failed.
Think of Tropical Storm Irene in 2011, and how Vermont and Vermonters rose to meet the challenge. Why would we expect anything less when COVID-19 came along?
We wouldn t, of course, which is why Vermont has been a leader in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic since it first reared its ugly head at the beginning of the year 2020. Governor Phil Scott proclaimed a State of Emergency on March 13, 2020.
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Dr. Timothy Mastro serves as FHI 360’s Chief Science Officer, responsible for advancing the quality of science across the organization and growing research and evaluation capabilities in both the natural and social sciences.
His work at FHI 360 has included clinical trials; epidemiology; global health research; COVID-19 vaccines and prevention; HIV prevention, care and treatment; tuberculosis; reproductive health; contraceptive technology; nutrition; implementation science; and programs addressing integrated development.
Prior to joining FHI 360 in 2008, Mastro served in scientific leadership positions at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for 20 years. His research and work in programs at CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Global AIDS Program addressed the prevention and treatment of HIV, vaccine trials, sexually transmitted infections and tuberculosis. Mastro first joined CDC as an Epidemic Intelligence
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Personalis Announces Changes to its Board of Directors
March 8, 2021 GMT
MENLO PARK, Calif. (BUSINESS WIRE) Mar 8, 2021
Personalis, Inc. (Nasdaq: PSNL), a leader in advanced genomics for population sequencing and cancer, today announced that it has appointed Dr. Woodrow (Woody) Myers to its Board of Directors and to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board. The company also announced that Patrick J. Balthrop has resigned his position as a director of the company, effective March 8, 2021.
Dr. Myers is currently the managing director of Myers Ventures LLC and has a long and distinguished career in the healthcare industry, most recently serving as the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Healthcare Strategist at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Arizona. He has also held executive positions with Havencrest Healthcare Partners, Corizon Health, and Wellpoint Health Networks. He h