Dr Jason Mellad
SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF RARE DISEASE
Dr Jason Mellad
Co-founder and CEO of Start Cordon
Jason is a scientist entrepreneur passionate about translating innovative technologies into better patient outcomes. As CEO and co-founder of Start Codon, a Cambridge based accelerator, he aims to identify and recruit the most disruptive healthcare startups worldwide, seed fund them and leverage the exceptional resources of the Cambridge cluster to de-risk and drive their success. Previously he was CEO of Cambridge Epigenetix and Business Development Manager for Horizon Discovery’s diagnostics division. He also served as an associate at Cambridge Enterprise, the technology transfer office of the University of Cambridge.
“I am excited to join with my fellow entrepreneur and innovator, Onno, in discussing how we can work together as a community to combat the complex problems associated with rare diseases.”