Rajul Jain, M.D.
Managing Director, Vida Ventures
Dr. Rajul Jain is a Managing Director of Vida Ventures where he has served as an investor and as an investor-operator. Prior to joining Vida, Dr. Jain was CMO at Kite Pharma where he led the development of multiple engineered cell therapies from preclinical development through global regulatory approvals, including approvals for Yescarta and Tecartus. Previously, he was Global Development Leader at Amgen. Rajul earned his B.A. from Rice University and M.D. from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical school, where he was a Howard Hughes Fellow. He completed his post-doctoral fellowship at Rockefeller University, and oncology fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Rajul was previously a volunteer Attending Physician treating underserved patients at UCLA Harbor Medical Center and continues to lecture regularly at UCLA.