Jennifer is a neuroscientist working to close the gap between scientific discovery and real human impact, focusing on the historic absence of sex differences in research and medicine. She is co-founder and CEO of a company building a new model for bringing breakthroughs to market, starting with female health. Earlier in her career, Jennifer established the global scientific and funding infrastructure behind an emerging field that establishes ovarian function as a central driver of systemic health and aging. As founder and executive director of the ProductiveHealth Global Consortium and co-director of the Center for Healthy Aging in Women at the Buck Institute, where she also directed a research lab as a principal investigator, she led international efforts to fund and advance this work. Jennifer also held faculty appointments at UCSF and USC. She developed the concept behind the winning XPRIZE for Ovarian Health and has been recognized with honors from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Allen Institute for Brain Science, the American Federation for Aging Research, and the National Academy of Medicine. Through her work, Jennifer is helping to redefine what modern medicine measures, funds, and treats.
