Research Associate
Mr. Jafri is a Research Associate at inThought. His work integrates his multidisciplinary experience across biomedical research and AI/ML to support pharmaceutical competitive intelligence.
Mr. Jafri is currently pursuing his doctorate at the Gurtner Lab, where he developed a novel non-pharmacological model of liver fibrosis and is identifying therapeutic targets for liver regeneration utilizing IHC and scRNAseq. At the NIH’s Undiagnosed Diseases Program, he focused on rare disease diagnosis and delivered educational presentations and conferences. His AI-focused work includes developing an algorithm for genetic mutation analysis, training machine learning models on rare disease data, and scientific model development across industry, academic, and government settings. Mr. Jafri is the founder and director of a non-profit organization that develops electricity-free multi-stage water purification systems for underserved regions. He completed two years of medical school at the University of Arizona College of Medicine prior to transitioning to his doctoral program, and earned his Bachelor of Science with Honors in Biomedical Sciences from the University of South Florida.
As the president of inThought Labs, Chris is focused on constantly improving inVision, the leading competitive and market intelligence platform for the biopharmaceutical industry, to better meet the changing needs of clients.
With 20 years of experience in roles being a consumer of market and competitive information, Chris understands the needs and priorities of clients. Chris was a senior principal and co-founder of inThought, a life science consulting, market research, and analytics firm. Collaborating with Ben Weintraub, Chris also co-founded BiotechTracker, an online tool for investors and precursor to inVision. Previous to inThought, he was a healthcare analyst and co-portfolio manager at two investment firms. Chris served in health care policy roles at the White House Office of Management and Budget. These roles included Medicare Desk Officer at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, where he was responsible for providing recommendations to senior White House policy officials on healthcare policies and regulations.
Chris has a Master in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, a Master in Engineering from Villanova University, and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Cornell University. Prior to attending Harvard Business School, Chris served on two U.S. Navy nuclear submarines and at the Pentagon.
