Carole Ho

Dr. Ho has served as a member of our Board of Directors since June 2020. Dr. Ho is Chief Medical Officer and Head of Development at Denali Therapeutics, where she has built an integrated development organization that is responsible for guiding therapeutic candidates from pre-IND enabling studies through to ultimate approval. Prior to joining Denali, Dr. Ho served as Vice President of Early Clinical Development at Genentech, where she was responsible for the delivery of pivotal trial-ready therapeutic candidates for all non-oncology indications, including CV-metabolism, ophthalmology, neurology, infectious disease, respiratory, rheumatology and gastroenterology. During her eight years at Genentech, Dr. Ho held several senior leadership roles across multiple early- and late-stage clinical programs in various therapeutic areas. Earlier in her career, Dr. Ho served as a visiting scientist at Genentech in the laboratory of Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Ph.D., and also as a Faculty Member in the Department of Neurology at Stanford University. Dr. Ho completed her residency in neurology at Harvard Medical School at the Massachusetts General Hospital / Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where she served as Chief Resident. She earned her M.D. from Cornell University and her B.S. in biochemical sciences from Harvard College. In addition to her appointment to NGM’s Board, Dr. Ho also serves on the Board of Directors of Beam Therapeutics.