Jay Cui, PhD

Jay is an associate director at AbbVie Ventures, which invests in novel, transformational therapeutics across oncology, immunology, and neuroscience at discovery and pre-clinical stages. Prior to AbbVie Ventures, Jay worked at ZS Associates where he advised clients across the healthcare industry on corporate and commercial strategies. He has also worked at the Portfolio Management Team at Takeda, and managed the R&D operations at the Chicago Tri-Institutional Center for Chemical Methods and Library Development, an academic drug discovery research center funded by a $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. Jay earned a PhD in organic chemistry from the University of Chicago and an MBA with honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.