Homology Medicines, Inc. announced that it has appointed Gabriel M. Cohn, M.D., M.B.A., as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Cohn will join Homology’s senior management team to direct all clinical development and operations related to Homology’s dual gene therapy and gene editing technology platform. Dr. Cohn’s efforts will focus primarily on advancing the Phase 1/2 pheNIX gene therapy, randomized, concurrently controlled, dose-escalation trial for adults with phenylketonuria (PKU), which is expected to report initial clinical data this year, as well as progress a growing clinical development pipeline. Dr. Cohn brings to Homology a unique blend of more than twenty years of clinical development experience focused primarily in rare genetic diseases, as well as an academic career focused on reproductive and cancer genetics. Prior to Homology, Dr. Cohn was Vice President, Clinical Development Lead at AVROBIO, Inc., where he led the clinical development for the Gaucher disease and Pompe disease gene therapy programs, providing medical leadership for protocol design, regulatory filings and FDA interactions, global clinical trial site identification and initiation, and investigator interactions.