Sangeetha Somayajula

Sangeetha Somayajula serves as a Director at Elevance Health, focusing on personalization initiatives to enhance member experience and health outcomes through advanced technologies, including large language models and recommendation systems. Prior to this role, Sangeetha held positions as Principal Data Scientist and Lead Data Scientist, where expertise in developing predictive models from large medical claims databases was demonstrated using machine learning techniques. Sangeetha's previous experience includes serving as a Senior Scientist in Scientific Informatics at Merck, where impactful analytics solutions were created, along with mentorship responsibilities and collaborations on multi-disciplinary projects. Earlier work at the University of Southern California involved developing statistical models and registration algorithms for PET reconstruction and collaborating with the Psychology Department on research related to stress. Sangeetha holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, along with an MS from Villanova University and a Bachelor of Engineering from Andhra University.