WILMINGTON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PPD, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPDI) today announced it has appointed Jasmine (Jisong) Cui, Ph.D., as chief scientific officer of BioDuro, A PPD® Company. Dr. Cui will provide scientific leadership to BioDuro’s integrated drug discovery services across a range of disease areas and expand its use of novel technologies for small and large molecules and in stem cells and imaging.