Rabia Khan, PhD
Rabia Khan, PhD (Immuno Genetics, MBA) is the founder and CEO of Serna Bio, a YC-backed biotech building the world's first map of the druggable transcriptome. She is a member of the Board of Trustees for the UK Dementia Research Institute, and an advisor to No Label Ventures, a fund investing in immigrant founders in the UK and EU.
Prior to founding Serna Bio, Rabia was Managing Director, Discovery Sciences at Sensyne Health plc (now - Arctoris Data) where she established the scientific strategy, built the data science and discovery teams by recruiting and leading a team of 50 machine learning and clinical researchers, delivering on a number of significant pharma partnerships including Bayer, BMS, Roche and Alexion.
She also held senior roles at BenevolentAI and Meta (acquired by Chan Zuckerberg BioHub). At Meta (previously Sciencescape), she was pivotal in the partnership with the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) to acquire horizon-scanning technology that used NLP to research the biomedical corpus. At BenevolentAI, she helped shape the discovery strategy for a number of programs, led the Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Glioblastoma drug discovery programmes and served as the interface between the technical and biological teams under the mentorship of Prof. Jackie Hunter.
Born and raised in Pakistan, Rabia has a passion for supporting diversity in technology, and supporting initiatives focused on improving access to care for Schizophrenia and Dementia.
