Anne Wojcicki
Anne Wojcicki
Anne E. Wojcickiis an American entrepreneur and the co-founder and chief executive officer of the personal genomics company 23andMe. She was formerly married to Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth28 July 1973
CountryUnited States of America
environmental explain factors genetic knowing lead people traumatic
It's worth knowing more about the complicated environmental and genetic factors that could explain why traumatic brain injuries lead to long-term disabilities in some people and not in others.
dinner heard mom six
I first heard about 'genes' when I was six years old. At dinner one night, I heard my mom tell my sister, 'It's in your genes.'
grew stanford
I had a very unusual childhood in that I grew up on the Stanford campus and I never moved.
health
I have always been interested in health care and doing something that is dramatic.
future
Being able to do research in a real-time way is the way research needs to be done in the future.
company good time valuable
I like company lunches because I think going out wastes valuable time; plus, a lot of good ideas come up over lunch.
biggest clinical studies
I think the biggest problem in clinical trials is that they are underpowered. And that fundamentally, the studies are just too small.
kids
I usually start my day when my kids wake up.
health responsibility
If consumers were more empowered, they would take more responsibility for their health.
genetic health knowing risks
Knowing your genetic health risks will help you make better decisions.
focused good passionate society
My parents were passionate about what they did, very cheap, and very focused on doing good in society.
health
The consumer is really underutilized in health care.
horrible hospital miserable people seeing sick walking worse
There's nothing worse than walking into a hospital and seeing people sick and miserable and having a horrible treatment.
health trained until
We have been trained not to think about our health care until there's a problem.