James McCarter

James McCarter is currently an advisor at The Yield Lab. James has previously worked as a scientific advisor for Readout, and as the head of research for Virta Health.

McCarter has played a key role in founding management-team at Virta Health, and was instrumental in advancing the company from concept to commercialization. James led the research team that established academic collaborations, created a scientific advisory board, and oversaw data collection and statistical analysis for 9 peer-reviewed papers on topics related to diabetes, cardiovascular risk, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, obesity, fatty liver disease, sleep, mediation use and health economics.

McCarter has also given presentations on Virta Health’s clinical and health economics messaging at national clinical & industry conferences, and to self-insured employers and health plans.

James McCarter has an M.D. and Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis in the field of developmental biology and genetics. James also has an A.B. Magna Cum Laude from Princeton University in biology.