Anne Wojcicki Quotes & Sayings

It's up to all of us, the consumers, to take charge of our health. It's almost like voting. It's your responsibility. — Anne Wojcicki

I guess I'm just fiercely independent. — Anne Wojcicki

23andme is very independent and committed to focusing on transparency. — Anne Wojcicki

Everyone's going to die, and everyone's going to get sick at some point. But I do believe that there are choices you can make in life that will make you as healthy as possible. — Anne Wojcicki

Women who have been recently diagnosed with breast cancer can learn a tremendous amount from women who have already been treated. — Anne Wojcicki

23andMe is pleased to bring public funding to bear on data and research driven by the public - our more than 180,000 customers. — Anne Wojcicki

I think there's a point to regulating, because there are snake oil companies. — Anne Wojcicki

There should be choice in healthcare. — Anne Wojcicki

For people who want to be proactive about their health, there is a lot of information that we can provide. If you are going to have children, I think you have a responsibility to know if you are carrying anything. A lot of people tend to do the testing once they are pregnant. — Anne Wojcicki

People are used to dealing with risk. You are told if you smoke, you are at higher risk of lung cancer. And I think people are able to also understand, when they are told they are a carrier for a genetic disease, that is not a risk to them personally but something that they could pass on to children. — Anne Wojcicki

One of the big drivers for me is that health care is a very elitist system. As much as we try to make it free and democratic for all, the reality is that it's expensive and not all therapies are accessible to all people. So I have been very focused on making sure that we democratize genetic information so it's available to everyone. — Anne Wojcicki

Some genetic variants can be informative about one's risk for Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. — Anne Wojcicki

My parents were passionate about what they did, very cheap, and very focused on doing good in society. — Anne Wojcicki

There's enough data showing that the fitter you are, the better you eat, the more likely you are to stay healthy longer. — Anne Wojcicki

23andMe set out to try and change healthcare - this is not an easy business. This is not a coffee shop in Austin. — Anne Wojcicki

We all want our genetic information. Why would you not want genetic information? — Anne Wojcicki

I had a very unusual childhood in that I grew up on the Stanford campus and I never moved. — Anne Wojcicki

I do believe at some point in time everyone will be genotyped at birth. — Anne Wojcicki

I carry my iPad and laptop with me everywhere. — Anne Wojcicki

I usually start my day when my kids wake up. — Anne Wojcicki

My sister learned she was a carrier for a recessive disease, Bloom syndrome, late in one of her pregnancies. I remember the panicked call and the weeks of worry as she and her husband awaited his test results; if he was also a carrier, this meant their daughter had a one in four chance of being born with the disorder. — Anne Wojcicki

My mom was a problem solver. — Anne Wojcicki

Obesity is awesome from a Wall Street perspective. It's not just one disease - there are all sorts of related diseases to profit from. — Anne Wojcicki

You may not know your complete family history, but the reality is everyone has something, and as you get older, you start to worry about these things more. Health is not sort of like a 6-month project. Health is a lifetime accumulation of behaviors. — Anne Wojcicki

As a parent, the most responsible thing I can do is get as much information about my children as possible so I can then think through how I can make them as healthy as possible. — Anne Wojcicki

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. — Anne Wojcicki

One of the best aspects of health care reform is it starts to emphasize prevention. — Anne Wojcicki

There's a whole group of people who are 100-plus and have no disease. Why? — Anne Wojcicki

I still meet old-school scientists who are like, 'Oh honey, women aren't good at science.' You kind of dismiss them as insane. — Anne Wojcicki

Genetic testing in the future is going to be seen as critical as testing your cholesterol. — Anne Wojcicki

A solid foundation in genetics is increasingly important for everyone. — Anne Wojcicki

The world needs more social innovations. — Anne Wojcicki

Why should I need a prescription to spit into a vial and get my DNA read? Why can't I get my own blood drawn without a doctor's permission? It's my blood. — Anne Wojcicki

I don't necessarily want my physician making all my decisions. — Anne Wojcicki

Billions of dollars have been put into genetic research. — Anne Wojcicki

I think life is pretty awesome. — Anne Wojcicki

A lot of genetic testing hasn't been integrated into healthcare because it has been expensive. I want to make people realise that they have the ability to be in charge of their own health. — Anne Wojcicki

Big challenges are an accumulation of small challenges. — Anne Wojcicki

I like company lunches because I think going out wastes valuable time; plus, a lot of good ideas come up over lunch. — Anne Wojcicki

I think that the idea of people wanting to steal your genome remains a little bit in the world of science fiction. It's a new technology, and it's new science that people are becoming familiar with. It's critical for us to do everything we can to enable the privacy level that people want. — Anne Wojcicki

I'm at a slightly higher risk for type 2 diabetes, and my grandmother had diabetes. My hemoglobin a1c, which is one of the measures, started being a little high when I was drinking a ton of that coconut water. — Anne Wojcicki

It's not just professional athletes and soldiers who are at risk from traumatic brain injury. More than 1.7 million people a year sustain a traumatic brain injury, and about 50,000 of them die each year, according the Centers for Disease Control. There are both emotional and financial costs from these injuries. — Anne Wojcicki

We should revel in tons and tons and tons of ideas. Some of them will manifest and lead to a drug discovery, and some will not. — Anne Wojcicki

Fashion was never my forte. — Anne Wojcicki

We don't have enough data about how lifestyle decisions impact our health. — Anne Wojcicki

A few small changes in your DNA can turn your eyes blue, make you lactose intolerant or put some curl in your hair. — Anne Wojcicki

Our approach to medicine is very 19th-century. We are still in the dark ages. We really need to get to the molecular level so that we are no longer groping about in the dark. — Anne Wojcicki

I think there's a lot of misunderstanding about genetic information and what you can and cannot learn. One of the things we try to do is educate individuals that knowing information is empowering. — Anne Wojcicki

As the knowledge around personalized medicine continues to grow, consumers should expect their healthcare providers to begin to incorporate genetic information into their treatments and preventative care. — Anne Wojcicki

Knowing your genetic health risks will help you make better decisions. — Anne Wojcicki

TIVO was a big shift in how people watched TV, but everyone understood the concept of TV. No one really understands the concept of, well why would I want my genetic information? — Anne Wojcicki

I think we're just scratching the surface. One of the most exciting aspects of 23andMe is that we're enabling you to watch a revolution unfold live during your lifetime, and I think that the decoding of the genome, in my opinion, is the most fascinating discovery of our lifetime, and you get to be part of it. — Anne Wojcicki

Being able to do research in a real-time way is the way research needs to be done in the future. — Anne Wojcicki

If consumers were more empowered, they would take more responsibility for their health. — Anne Wojcicki

I think it is absolutely crazy in this day and age that I have to go through a trial and error method to see if my child is allergic to an antibiotic or peanuts. I should just know. — Anne Wojcicki

Making personalized medicine a reality will require a strong partnership between 23andMe and the physician and medical communities. — Anne Wojcicki

Our understanding of how DNA informs our health and development is advancing at an incredible pace. — Anne Wojcicki

Just as computer technology and the Internet created whole new industries and extraordinary benefits for people that extend into almost every realm of human endeavor from education to transportation to medicine, genetics will undoubtedly benefit people everywhere in ways we can't even imagine but know will surely occur. — Anne Wojcicki

The consumer is really underutilized in health care. — Anne Wojcicki

I need to solve the problem. It's no different from how am I going to get my son out the door when he needs to go to school. It's a bigger version of that same type of problem. — Anne Wojcicki

Nobody can quantify for you what's the impact of eating fiber every day, for instance. We can say we think it's good. But some people might say 'Oh, it reduces your risk of colon cancer by 20%, some people might say it reduces your risk by 25%.' — Anne Wojcicki

Physicians should be genotyped. — Anne Wojcicki

It is important to democratize personal genetics and make it more accessible. — Anne Wojcicki

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.' — Anne Wojcicki

I think it's important to have flexibility to work wherever is best for you. I actually encourage people to work at the cafe - or from home or wherever works best for them. — Anne Wojcicki

If you don't read it, you don't know. I mean, that's why I have a PR team. They read it and tell me if there's something, and that keeps you focused. I know my family and me well enough; why do I need to read about myself? I'm not going to change, I'm very stubborn in this way. I am what I am. — Anne Wojcicki

I have always been interested in health care and doing something that is dramatic. — Anne Wojcicki

April 25th is DNA Day. I know, you probably had no idea. — Anne Wojcicki

I'm action-oriented. — Anne Wojcicki

I think the biggest problem in clinical trials is that they are underpowered. And that fundamentally, the studies are just too small. — Anne Wojcicki

We have been trained not to think about our health care until there's a problem. — Anne Wojcicki

There's nothing worse than walking into a hospital and seeing people sick and miserable and having a horrible treatment. — Anne Wojcicki

FDA clearance is an important step on the path towards getting genetic information integrated with routine medical care. — Anne Wojcicki

There's massive government initiatives going around the world, and you see that there's a real enthusiasm for genetics. — Anne Wojcicki

All the kids from my nursery school are still in touch. — Anne Wojcicki