The following teaser was posted July 21, 2015 to the Fortune.com website.
Dr. Cathy Petti is the new chief health officer of Ancestry.com. She talks to Fortune about the launch of AncestryHealth and the company’s plans to expand its genetics business.
It’s been a big couple of weeks for Dr. Cathy Petti, the new chief health officer of Ancestry.com. Last Thursday, the company—which focuses on helping people trace their family origins—announced that it has hired Petti to play a major role in the launch of AncestryHealth, a site that will allow consumers to add health information to their family trees. Today, Ancestry revealed yet another piece of news: a collaboration with Calico, a Google-funded biotech firm focused on longevity research and therapeutics.
