CARLSBAD, Calif., April 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Exagen Inc. (NASDAQ:XGN), a leading provider of autoimmune testing solutions, today announced changes to the Board of Directors.
Exagen is pleased to announce Scott Kahn, Ph.D. is joining the Board as a Class I Director. Dr. Kahn has a distinguished career in life sciences spending over 30 years in global leadership positions. Prior to starting his career in the life science industry, he was an assistant professor of organic chemistry at the University of Illinois. He spent over 10 years at the scientific software company, Accelrys, where he held several positions with increasing responsibility including SVP, General Manager and Chief Science Officer. He then joined Illumina as its first Chief Information Officer and spent 12 years with the sequencing leader. He was most recently with LunaPBC as the Chief Information and Privacy Officer. Dr. Kahn currently holds Board positions at Blue Circle Health, Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine and Rady Children's Hospital.
Dr. Kahn received a B.S. in Chemistry from Rider College, a Ph.D. in Theoretical Organic Chemistry from the University of California, Irvine and was a Fellow Commoner at Churchill College and Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Cambridge, England.
"I am thrilled to join Exagen's Board of Directors. The management team and the board have made extensive changes over the past year and a half to position the company for a prosperous future. As the company continues its transition, I am eager to contribute to this next phase of growth and innovation," said Dr. Kahn.
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