Chris Cain, Ph.D.
Board Director
Dr. Cain is the Director of Research at Fairmount Funds Management LLC. Prior to joining Fairmount in 2020, Dr. Cain served in various positions at the healthcare funds at Samsara BioCapital, Apple Tree Partners, and RA Capital Management, where he invested in both public and emerging private biotechnology companies. Dr. Cain has also served as a writer and editor at BioCentury Publications. He also serves as a director of Viridian Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRDN), Cogent Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: COGT) and Jade Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: JBIO). Dr. Cain received a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of California, San Francisco.
