Jeni Janci, PhD

Jeni manages the Diagnostics, Digital Health and Biotools tracks for the Catalyst Program, and is also the Director of the UCSF LaunchPad. She began her life science career in the start-up biotech industry before earning her Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology at University of California, Berkeley. Directly after her graduate career, she re-entered the life science industry, where at Entelos she provided Quantitative Systems Pharmacology (QSP) Modeling and Simulation services to assist Research & Development for international pharmaceutical companies and other life science applications. She applied large-scale, mechanistic systems models to make critical decisions in various stages of the drug discovery and development lifecycle, including clinical trial design. Jeni then expanded her work globally in QSP Modeling via training programs and consulting services. 

Jeni is excited to help advance UCSF’s world-class research to positively impact people’s health and lives, all while supporting UCSF faculty, students, and trainees on their entrepreneurship journey.