Foundation Medicine: Geoffrey Oxnard

Roche subsidiary Foundation Medicine announced Geoffrey Oxnard has been appointed vice president, global medical lead for the firm's liquid biopsy portfolio, effective immediately. In the role, he'll define research and a liquid biopsy-focused discovery roadmap while investigating novel applications of liquid biopsy approaches to improve cancer research and care.

Oxnard previously served as a thoracic oncologist and clinical investigator at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard Medical School, and he'll continue seeing patients part-time at the institute. His recent research has focused on the clinical application of liquid biopsy technologies to understand drug resistance for selecting targeted therapies and detecting occult cancer.