Akouos announced two key leadership appointments. Gregory Robinson, Ph.D., has joined as chief scientific officer, and co-founder Michael McKenna, M.D., expands his role to full-time chief medical officer. Dr. Robinson brings more than 20 years of scientific leadership experience. Most recently, he served as the chief scientific officer at Nightstar Therapeutics Greg was a key member of the leadership team that led Nightstar to its $800 million Biogen acquisition earlier this year. Prior to Nightstar, Dr. Robinson was the chief scientific officer of Agilis Biotherapeutics, where he was responsible for advancing research programs focused on AAV-based gene therapy candidates for the treatment of rare central nervous system disorders. Dr. McKenna, a co-founder of Akouos, will expand his role to full-time chief medical officer, having previously served in this role on a part-time basis since 2018. For the past 15 years, Dr. McKenna led efforts to establish inner ear drug delivery systems to enable the development of hearing restoration therapies. Prior to Akouos, he held the Joseph B. Nadol, Jr. Chair and was the director of the Division of Otology and Neurotology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear and a professor of otolaryngology at Harvard Medical School.