Anita Cattrell

As Chief Innovation Officer of Evolent Health, Dr. Cattrell is responsible for setting strategic innovation priorities and deploying a consistent approach that enables focus on clear objectives and evaluation of outcomes through rapid-cycle test and learn pilots. In her role, Dr. Cattrell oversees clinical program design powered by machine learning and artificial intelligence, resulting in improved quality and a reduction in total medical expense by over 40% for the highest acuity patients. She holds a PhD in Clinical Epidemiology from Harvard University and has spent more than 10 years building risk models and evaluating the impact of clinical initiatives for the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, the Centers for Disease Control, and USAID. Dr. Cattrell previously served as the Director of Monitoring and Evaluation for Partners in Health in Rwanda, where she helped to provide a preferential option for the poor in health care through community health workers. She has a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University and a MS in Biomedical Engineering from Harvard University.