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Jason Gardner

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CEO at Ampersand Biomedicines
📍 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Jason is a seasoned biotech leader with over two decades of experience, currently serving as CEO-Partner at Flagship Pioneering and CEO of Ampersand Biomedicines. He previously co-founded and led Magenta Therapeutics through a successful IPO. His career includes extensive leadership at GSK, informed by a D. Phil. from Oxford University and a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University.

He created and led the Regenerative Medicine Unit at GSK, which established partnerships that led to the approval of one of the first stem cell gene therapies.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Platform-based Medicines
Currently leading Ampersand Biomedicines, which focuses on a platform to create smarter medicines that act specifically at the site of disease, which he calls a "molecular FedEx".
Biotech Venture Building
Has a strong track record of creating and scaling companies, from being an Entrepreneur-in-Residence to co-founding Magenta Therapeutics and now acting as CEO-Partner at Flagship Pioneering.
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Career

Work history

8-2023
CEO
Ampersand Biomedicines
8-2023
CEO-Partner
Flagship Pioneering
6-2017 - 4-2024
Independent Board Director
Obsidian Therapeutics
11-2016 - 2-2023
CEO, President and Cofounder
Magenta Therapeutics
11-2015 - 11-2016
Enrepeneur-in-Residence
Atlas Venture
In the press

Media appearances

Precision Drug Delivery with Ampersand Biomedicines' Jason Gardner. Featured in Apple Podcasts
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2025 CEO Chat: Jason Gardner, CEO of Ampersand Biomedicines. Featured in YouTube
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Education
1995 - 1997
Post Doctoral Fellowship
Harvard University
1991 - 1995
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
University of Oxford
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