InsideTracker Announces New VP of Science, Completes Expansion of Leadership Team
Milena Jorge, MD, PhD joins InsideTracker as Vice President of Science, bringing extensive experience in generating actionable insights from patient generated health & wellness data
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- InsideTracker, the leading personalized nutrition platform, has announced the addition of Milena Jorge, PhD, MD to its leadership team. With more than two decades of experience as a medical doctor, researcher and corporate leader, Milena will offer crucial insight on computational and systems biology, data science, epidemiology and clinical functions to fuel InsideTracker's continued growth.
"Milena is an incredible asset with critical experience converting scientific discoveries into real world consumer applications," said Dr. Gil Blander, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of InsideTracker. "Her work leading the development of digital health programs has led to significant improvements in patient wellbeing, which will greatly enhance our ability to help customers better understand their own bodies and take actionable steps to improve their health."
Prior to joining InsideTracker, Milena Jorge was VP of Translational Science and Innovation, and Director of Biology for PatientsLikeMe, a personalized health network with over 650,000 members. In these roles, she led a team of scientists responsible for translating multi-omics data into actionable insights for patients and providers. As VP of Science, Milena will be responsible for integrating physiologically markers coming from activity trackers to enhance our platform to recommend interventions based on blood, DNA, and activity trackers data. She will also manage the team to improve the quality and quantity of the biomarkers and recommendations related to blood and DNA as well as applying artificial intelligence and machine learning tools on top of our expert system.
"I'm excited to join the talented team at InsideTracker and look forward to continuing the development of its category leading scientific platform," said Milena Jorge. "InsideTracker provides customers with the most relevant scientific methods to help them achieve their goals. I look forward to bringing my experience in medicine, system biology and digital health tools to ensure we continue pioneering groundbreaking solutions in the personalized nutrition category."
About InsideTracker
InsideTracker is the leading personalized nutrition platform which generates ultra-customized recommendations to optimize an individual's health by tracking and analyzing blood and genetic biomarkers using a patented algorithm. The expert system matches the most relevant, science-based recommendations to each individual based on blood data, DNA data and demographics, as well as self-reported preferences and goals. Founded in 2009 by leading scientists in aging, genetics and biometric data from MIT, Tufts and Harvard, InsideTracker's mission is to transform the way every human being eats, sleeps, and moves to live a longer, better life. The proof is in the data. Read InsideTracker's peer-reviewed paper in Scientific Report.
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