Scipher Medicine welcomes Slava Akmaev as chief technology officer
Slava Akmaev of Scipher Medicine
Scipher Medicine, developer of a molecular technology platform used to ensure patients are prescribed most effective therapy, announces the addition of Slava Akmaev, Ph.D. as chief technology officer to the growing leadership team. As CTO, Dr. Akmaev will oversee the data science and technology teams, ensuring efficient data on-boarding, quality control and rapid analytics to enhance Scipher’s pipeline of precision diagnostics.
“Having committed and talented individuals such as Slava on our team will help propel us towards our mission of improving patient outcomes and usher in a new era of precision medicine, one capable of providing better solutions for complex diseases,” said Alif Saleh, chief executive officer of Scipher Medicine.
Dr. Akmaev is a leader in applying high-throughput molecular technology, machine learning, artificial intelligence and data analysis within the life sciences and healthcare industry. Prior to joining Scipher, he was the senior vice president and chief analytics officer at BERG, where he co-founded and led BERG Analytics; he previously commercialised four molecular diagnostic tests at Genzyme Genetrics. Dr. Akmaev routinely publishes peer-reviewed articles in journals such as Nature Biotechnology, the Journal of Computational Biology, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics.
“The path Scipher is taking to personalise medicine in a way that puts the molecular biology of each patient at the centre of the treatment decision is something I have wanted to do for more than a decade,” said Akmaev. “I’m thrilled to join this rapidly growing team that is tackling one of the most critical challenges in healthcare by using precision medicine to optimise treatment for patients by leveraging its network medicine approach developed over the past decade.”
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