| Birth Date: | San Francisco, California |
| Nationality: | American |
| Fields: | Medicine |
| Workplaces: | Genentech, GRAIL (company) |
| Alma Mater: | Stanford University, Haas School of Business |
| Known For: | CEO of Grail |
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]
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.