Jeff Chen

Physician-scientist, impact entrepreneur
Jeff Chen is proving the effects of natural medicines to revolutionize health care.

Why you should listen

Dr. Jeff Chen has pioneered groundbreaking research with some of history's first and largest clinical trials on supplements and natural medicines. His B-Corp, Radicle Science, is closing the proof gap between unpatentable natural medicines and pharmaceuticals by enabling clinical trials at unprecedented affordability, speed and diversity. Radicle Science was named a KPMG Top 10 US "Tech Innovator" and a "World Changing Idea" by Fast Company. Prior to Radicle, he founded and led a UCLA research center conducting first-of-its-kind clinical trials on natural medicines.

Chen was selected by the US National Institutes of Health to serve in their Innovation CORPS and was named a "Globalshaper" by the World Economic Forum. He has advised US governors and senators and has presented at the National Academies of Science, NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, California Medical Association, American Bar Association, Yale, Stanford, Cornell, Columbia and more. Following a BS at Cornell University, he earned his MD and MBA concurrently at UCLA, where he was a David Geffen fellow.

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