Jennifer Cook was the Chief Executive Officer at GRAIL (company) 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 (company)

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

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  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.