Health Care

Ascentria Care Alliance, a Worcester human services nonprofit that operates throughout New England, has appointed Kristine Hanscom to the position of chief financial officer.

With peak season for respiratory illnesses like the flu and COVID-19 approaching, the Department of Public Health on Thursday launched a refreshed dashboard to track trends and provide the public with helpful information focused on COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial syndrome (RSV).

The Angel Fund for ALS Research in Wakefield has donated $711,000 to researchers at Worcester’s UMass Chan Medical School.

The CFO of Insulet, an Acton medical device firm, will step down from his role on Oct. 20.

Marlborough women’s health firm Hologic has partnered with nonprofit Know Your Lemons for breast cancer awareness month as part of its initiative to increase early detection of breast cancer.

A month after naming Brian Hullinger as its new CEO, Psychemedics of Acton hired Shannon Shoemaker as its new chief revenue officer.

Planned Parenthood of League of Massachusetts, which operates locations across the state including in Worcester and Marlborough, has hired a new leader.

Heywood Healthcare has voluntarily filed for bankruptcy after a challenging year in which its CEO was removed from leadership, a multimillion dollar construction project was stalled, and its planned merger with the largest healthcare system in Central Massachusetts fell through. 

Richard Gedrich has 25 years of experience as an executive in preclinical, translational, and clinical research spanning aspects of drug discovery.

People are on the move at Fidelity Bank, Kelleher & Sadowsky Associates, and Milford Regional Physician Group.