Scripps Health.

Samuel Levy, Ph.D., has joined Scripps Health's genomic medicine program as director of genomic sciences. He has extensive experience in sequencing and analysis of human genomes. In his new role, Levy will work alongside Drs. Eric Topoi, Nicholas Schork and Sarah Murray, and oversee the human genome sequencing work at the Scripps Translational Science Institute. Previously, Levy acted as director and professor in human genomics at the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, Md., as well as senior scientist and lead informatics researcher for Celera Corp.