Kai Jones is from Tulsa, Oklahoma and completed residency and medical school at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes Jewish Hospital. Her research mentor is Dr. Bernal Mizrachi. Her clinical mentor is Dr. Cynthia Herrick.
Dr. Jones joined the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research as a fellow in 2022. Her research mentor was Dr. Bernal Mizrachi and her clinical mentor was Dr. Cynthia Herrick. In 2024, she promoted within the division as a faculty member seeing patients at the Diabetes Center and in an inpatient setting.