Prof. Dr. Elaine Mardis joined the Supervisory Board in 2014. She is also a member of the Science & Technology Committee and the Compensation & Human Resources Committee. Dr. Mardis is Co-Executive Director of the Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and Professor of Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Previously, she was the Robert E. and Louise F. Dunn Distinguished Professor of Medical Sciences at Washington University School of Medicine and President of the American Association for Cancer Research. Dr. Mardis is a scientific advisor to Scorpion Therapeutics LLC, an elected member of the US National Academy of Medicine, and a member of the Board of Directors of Singular Genomics Systems, Inc., a publicly listed company based in the US Dr. Mardis received her bachelor’s degree and doctorate from the University of Oklahoma.