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AstraZeneca has named cancer researcher Nazneen Rahman to its board of directors, effective June 1.
Rahman will serve as a non-executive director and will also become a member of the company's Science Committee.
Currently, Rahman is the head of the Division of Genetics and Epidemiology at the Institute of Cancer Research in London, head of the Cancer Genetics Unit at the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trustand director of the TGL Clinical Gene Testing Laboratory at the Institute of Cancer Research.
"We are delighted to welcome Professor Rahman to our Board and Science Committee," said Leif Johansson, chairman of AstraZeneca. "She brings world-renowned expertise in genetic research with a focus on cancer, which is a strategic therapy for our business."
Rahmanhas a degree in medicine from Oxford University and holds a doctorate in molecular genetics. Her research focuses on genes predisposed to cancer, and she has discovered genes that cause types of breast, ovarian and childhood cancers.
Elected as a fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2010, Rahman is a member of the scientific advisory boards of Genomics Plc and the Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway, as well as the advisory board of Wellcome Open Research.
Contact Jeff Mordock at (302) 324-2786, on Twitter @JeffMordockTNJ orjmordock@delawareonline.com.
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