JAX names two execs with Connecticut roles

The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) reports that Mitchell Kennedy, a veteran of the life sciences industry, will serve as its executive vice president and president of JAX Mice, Clinical and Research Services (JMCRS). Kennedy will rotate his time between the organization’s three U.S. offices in Farmington; Bar Harbor, Maine; and Sacramento, California. JAX also has a presence in Japan and China … more

Separately, Joanna Gell, MD, research scientist at JAX and a pediatric oncologist, has been appointed to a newly-established Connecticut Rare Disease Advisory Council (RDAC). In this role Gell will lend her research expertise to the cross-section of rare disease stakeholders in the group, including  patients, physicians, caregivers, hospitals, advocates, and biopharmaceutical representatives … more