Charlie Barr

Charlie Barr has a diverse work experience in the healthcare and biotech industry. Charlie is currently the Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder of Adaptic Health, where they focus on accelerating treatments through better clinical trial design, particularly for rare diseases and oncology. Charlie is involved in strategic planning, defining scientific needs and solutions, and aligning with the product roadmap.

Prior to Adaptic Health, Charlie worked as the Chief Medical Officer at Graticule, Inc., where they provided medical leadership. Charlie was also a Partner and Chief Scientist at Unlock, where they utilized their clinical and technology knowledge to support client engagements in the digital health, medical devices, biotech, and wellness tech sectors.

Charlie has held positions as a Senior Medical Consultant at Sophic Alliance Inc., where they provided clinical and informatics expertise in the design and deployment of knowledge-based systems. Charlie also founded Pivotal Strategic Consulting LLC, focusing on improving healthcare, life sciences, and patient outcomes through innovations in processes, data, technology, and analytics platforms.

Additionally, Charlie served as the Chief Medical Officer at Diya Health Inc., providing strategic advice on company strategies. Charlie was a Strategic Advisor at Brainome and a Scientific Advisor at the PhRMA Foundation, where they reviewed scientific proposals and co-investigated patient-centered outcomes.

Charlie's earlier experiences include serving as the Chief Science Officer at the Biologics & Biosimilars Research Consortium (BBCIC) at AMCP and holding various leadership positions at Genentech, including Group Medical Director and Head of RWE Strategy and External Relationships, Evidence for Access, Group Medical Director and Head of Evidence Science and Innovation, and Group Medical Director and Head of Patient Registries. In these roles, they focused on advancing scientific research capabilities, improving evidence-based decision-making, and raising the scientific rigor of patient registry data.

Charlie Barr's education history begins in 1969 when they attended Pacific Union College, where they obtained a BS degree in Biophysics and Chemistry. They then went on to attend Loma Linda University from 1973 to 1977, where they obtained an MD and MPH, studying Medicine, Nutrition, and Public Health. In 1985, Charlie Barr enrolled at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health as a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) student, specializing in Biomedical Computing with minors in Biostatistics and Health Policy & Management. At the same time, from 1985 to 1988, they worked as a Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, specifically at Brigham & Women's Hospital under the supervision of Robert A. Greenes, MD, PhD, in the Decision Systems Group.