Jason Chen
Co-founder Advisor
biology
Verge Genomics
India
Biography
Jason has been conducting biomedical engineering research for over a decade in labs at Siemens Medical Solutions, Duke University, and UCLA. He has co-authored over 12 publications in peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Neuroscience, PLOS Genetics, and JAMA Neurology. He graduated summa cum laude from Duke University, with a double major in Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry. In 2010, he began training in the UCLA-Caltech MD/Ph.D. program, with a focus in bioinformatics. His work aims to improve the welfare of patients with neurological and neurosurgical diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, autism, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, frontotemporal dementia, progressive supranuclear palsy, Chiari malformation, and hydrocephalus.
Research Interest
biochemistry