Information executive JoAnne Ruh will serve as The Jackson Laboratory’s new chief information officer (CIO), the nonprofit research institute announced today.
Ruh joins the Laboratory from the Nevada Cancer Institute in Las Vegas and was previously CIO at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y. — both, like The Jackson Laboratory, designated as Cancer Centers by the National Cancer Institute.
“My recent time with the Nevada Cancer Institute, and previously at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, helped me to develop the skills and the experience that I need to contribute as a member of the Jackson team,” Ruh said. “Information technology is an always-changing area further complicated by the dynamic and unique research environment at the Laboratory. I look forward to the challenge.”
The current Jackson CIO, Scott McNeil, is retiring after eight years in the position. “IT at The Jackson Laboratory has come a very long way under Scott’s tenure,” Hewett said. “He has enabled us to provide outstanding information technology for our operational functions while expanding IT support for our research endeavor.”
In light of researchers’ rapidly growing needs for data capture and storage and high-speed computation, IT support will become even more critical in the years ahead, Hewett said. Professor Carol Bult, Ph.D., has agreed to serve as science IT strategy advisor to Ruh, who will start her new job in May.
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