Jake Simson

Board Member

Jake Simson, Ph.D. is a Partner at RA Capital Management, a multi-stage investment manager dedicated to evidence-based investing in healthcare and life science companies developing drugs, medical devices, and diagnostics. Dr. Simson works on both public and private investments and serves as a Board Director for Xenikos, B.V, Janux, AavantiBio, and DiCE Molecules. He holds a B.S. in materials science and engineering from MIT and a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins University. In his doctoral research, he investigated clinically translatable treatments for musculoskeletal tissue repair using injectable hydrogels.