Cogstate Limited announced the appointment of Chris Edgar, PhD as Chief Science Officer and Prof. Paul Maruff, PhD as Chief Innovation Officer. These appointments represent an expansion of the executive leadership team with strengthened scientific capacity as the company continues to meet the growing demand for transformative innovations in clinical trials and healthcare. As Chief Science Officer, Dr. Edgar will continue to advise Cogstate customers on clinical endpoint strategy and will set the strategic vision for Cogstate’s global scientific services. He will lead a team of clinical experts focused on the optimization, execution and analyses of cognitive and behavioral assessments and related data quality assurance solutions for improved signal detection and excellence in trial design and conduct. Moving into the newly created role of Chief Innovation Officer, Prof. Maruff will lead efforts to continue to refine existing Cogstate technologies as well as identifying and developing novel methods for assessment of cognition and behaviour. He will continue to oversee Cogstate relationships supporting innovation and development with partners from pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and with key industry and academic groups central to the scientific advancements of Cogstate technologies.