Jennifer Cook

Jennifer Cook was the Chief Executive Officer at GRAIL, Inc. until June 2019 and was formerly the head of clinical operations at Roche.[1][2] She started in early-stage research at Genentech and held key positions including leading a U.S. commercial business unit and the Head of Pharma operations of Europe. She worked for 4 years at Prizm Pharmaceuticals. In 2016, she was recognized as Woman of the Year by the Healthcare Businesswoman's Association.[3]

Jennifer Cook
BornSan Francisco, California
NationalityAmerican
Alma materStanford University, Haas School of Business
Known forCEO of Grail
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine
InstitutionsGenentech, GRAIL, Inc.

She has a BA in human biology and a Masters in biology from Stanford University, and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley.[4]

Cook was born and raised in San Francisco. Her father was an attorney, and her older sister, Alison Cook-Sather, is a Professor at Bryn Mawr College.

References

  1. "GRAIL Announces Appointment of Jennifer Cook as Chief Executive Officer". www.businesswire.com.
  2. Keown, Alex (December 14, 2017). "GRAIL Poaches New CEO From Roche, Genentech". BioSpace. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  3. "2016 Jennifer Cook | HBA". www.hbanet.org.
  4. Raven, Kathleen (15 April 2016). "HBA's Woman of the Year 2016". www.pharmexec.com. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
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