PPD has named Jasmine (Jisong) Cui, Ph.D., chief scientific officer of BioDuro, a PPD Company. Cui will provide scientific leadership to BioDuro's integrated drug discovery services across a range of disease areas and expand its use of novel technologies for small and large molecules and in stem cells and imaging.

Cui previously served as vice president and head of drug discovery and translation for a newly established biotech company where she provided leadership for project portfolio and operations from preclinical to phase II clinical studies. Prior to that role, she spent 14 years at Merck Research Laboratories.