Leroy Hood

Leroy Hood

CEO, Phenome Health

About Me

Leroy Hood, MD, PhD, received an MD from Johns Hopkins Medical School and a PhD from the California Institute of Technology. He was a professor at Caltech for 22 years; a co-founder and chair of the first cross-disciplinary biology department at the University of Washington for eight years; and a co-founder and president for 18 years of the Institute for Systems Biology – the first organization promoting systems biology.

Lee is in three US national academies: Science, Medicine, and Engineering – one of only 20 out of more than 6,000 to be so honored. He developed the automated DNA sequencer that made the human-genome sequence possible and five other instruments that laid the technical foundations of modern biology.

Lee is pioneering data-driven and systems-driven 21st-century medicine – which will transform healthcare. He has co-founded 17 biotech companies and has 18 honorary degrees from leading institutions all over the world. He has won a variety of prizes, including the Kyoto Prize for technology development, the Lasker Prize for molecular immunology, and the National Medal of Science awarded by President Barack Obama. He is currently on the faculty of the Institute for Systems Biology and is CEO of Phenome Health, a nonprofit organization driving the emergence of precision population health.

To learn more visit www.phenomehealth.org