MetaWorks, a premiere source of information and advice on evidence-based drug development and risk-management support, announced several appointments to its business development department. These appointments, designed to accommodate MetaWorks' continuing growth, will fulfill a variety of key sales and marketing, client relations, and account management responsibilities.

"Our new staff additions have enjoyed distinguished careers and bring impressive credentials to serve our growing client base," said Shubh L. Sethi, president and CEO of MetaWorks. "We have added their leadership in response to our ambitious growth objectives and look forward to continued steady progress and development under their guidance. As our own strategic initiatives evolve, we will benefit from their experience and expertise."

Matthew Bush has been promoted to Senior Director of Marketing and Business Development. In addition to leading MetaWorks' business development team, he will direct corporate partnership and referral programs. Bush has more than 10 years of experience, having been one of MetaWorks' first employees. His areas of expertise are systematic literature review and health services research, in addition to broad biopharmaceutical industry knowledge.

Candace Gunnarsson, Ed.D., has been appointed Director of Business Development. Prior to joining the company, Dr. Gunnarsson, who holds data sciences certification, owned and operated S2 Statistical Solutions, Inc., a statistics and consulting firm that provides data mining, capacity analysis, forecasting, model building, control charting, and experiment-design services to leading life sciences companies and other corporations.

Rebecca Miller-Chiappinelli, R.Ph, newly appointed Director of Business Development, brings more than 23 years of experience in managed care, healthcare research, medical education, and policy development for branded pharmaceuticals to MetaWorks. Most recently, she served as Vice President and Account Group Supervisor at Torre Lazur Managed Markets, where she led a managed care team dedicated to building brands through strategic programming and tactics focused on managed-market customers.