Dr. Jeff Chen, MD | Source | CEO and Co-founder at Radicle Science

Dr. Jeff Chen, MD, is a physician-scientist leading some of history's largest clinical trials on supplements and natural health products. As a trusted advocate of plant medicine, he has been consulted by Congresses, leading academic and scientific institutions, physician groups, and more. He recently was invited by TED to give a talk at the main conference about the importance of clinical trials for natural medicines.

As the cofounder and CEO of Radicle Science, he has made clinical trials easily accessible and affordable for natural health products. Radicle Science was recently named a World Changing Idea by Fast Company, among other accolades. Previously, Dr. Jeff was the founder of the UCLA Cannabis Research Initiative, one of the first in the world. Under his leadership as Executive Director, the initiative grew to encompass more than 40 faculty conducting research, education, and policy projects.

He is a published author in supplements, cannabinoid, oncology, and radiology research, and his writings have been published by media outlets including TED. Dr. Jeff was named a “Globalshaper” by the World Economic Forum and a Mentor for U.S. National Institutes of Health I-CORPs startup accelerator. Dr. Jeff is also a medical advisor to Healthline.

Dr. Jeff has been previously interviewed by CNN, TIME, NPR, Rolling Stone, Wall Street Journal, NBC News, CBS Sunday and more for his research and expertise. Dr. Jeff travels across 5 continents to speak at venues ranging from the Mexico Senate to the Royal Court of the Kingdom of Bhutan to SXSW, and he's guest lectured at universities such as Yale, Columbia, and NYU.

After graduating magnum cum laude from Cornell, Dr. Jeff attended medical school and business school concurrently at UCLA, where he is a David Geffen fellow.