Carole Ho

Carole Ho is Chief Medical Officer and Head of Development. At Denali, Carole has built an integrated Development organization that is responsible for advancing therapeutic candidates from pre-IND enabling studies through Phase 1 to Phase 3 clinical trials. Under Carole’s leadership, her team has delivered on Denali’s biomarker driven development strategy to enable early target and pathway engagement in the clinic for therapeutics in development for Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer's disease, and ALS.

Carole previously served as Vice President of Genentech Early Clinical Development and was responsible for delivery of pivotal trial-ready drug candidates in Neurology, Ophthalmology, Immunology, and Infectious Disease. During her 8-year tenure at Genentech, Carole held roles with leadership responsibility across multiple early- and late-stage clinical programs including Rituxan® for Wegener’s granulomatosis and microscopic polyangiitis, ocrelizumab for Multiple Sclerosis, lampalizumab for dry AMD, and crenezumab for Alzheimer’s Disease. At Genentech, in collaboration with Banner Health, Carole's team led the initiation of the world's first prevention trial in Alzheimer's disease in participants at risk for dementia due to a genetic mutation.

Carole completed her residency in Neurology at Harvard Medical School at the Massachusetts General Hospital / Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where she also served as Chief Resident. She obtained her M.D. from Cornell University and S.B. in Biochemical Sciences from Harvard College. Prior to her Industry career, Carole was on Faculty in the Department of Neurology at Stanford University. Carole currently serves on the Board of Directors of Beam Therapeutics.