Rachel Harrington, Ph.D., is an Assistant Vice President at the National Committee for Quality Assurance, where she leads organizational efforts to build an evidence base to advance equitable, high quality, health care. This includes methods to promote transparency, incentivize reduction of disparities and develop equitable systems of care. She directs NCQA’s Equity in HEDIS program as well as publicly and privately funded research on novel approaches to measuring and incentivizing health equity, including data considerations and methods to evaluate disparities in quality performance. Dr. Harrington's previous research includes work on risk adjusted utilization, appropriate medication use, and patient engagement in research. Before joining NCQA, she was a fellow at the University of Illinois at Chicago Institute for Health Research and Policy. She spent over 10 years in the pharmaceutical industry, with roles in regulatory affairs and health economics. Dr. Harrington holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes and Policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago.