AcademyHealth is pleased to announce the 2026 Health Datapalooza Advisory Committee – the experts shaping this year’s program. The Advisory Committee will join co-chairs Andrew Ibrahim and Kat McDavitt to develop a convening where policy, innovation, and evidence collide with a focus on pragmatic, provocative, and action-oriented conversations that reconnect diverse perspectives and amplify real world data users.
"We had two criteria when we started thinking about this committee," Ibrahim said at the group's first meeting. "Good people and get-it-done people. People who've gotten their hands dirty and been on the front lines."
McDavitt put it simply: "Some of you have failed, some of you haven't, some of you have done it all in between. That's exactly who we wanted in the room."
This year's committee brings together founders, investors, health system leaders, researchers, policy veterans, and patient advocates. It’s a cross-sector mix that has always made Health Datapalooza a different kind of conversation.
The 2026 Health Datapalooza will be held on September 24-25 in Washington, D.C., and registration opens early June. Receive the latest updates on the conference by joining our mailing list.
Meet the Advisory Committee
The Builders: Rachael Jones (Syntax Health) and Nikita Singareddy (Fortuna Health)
Founders and operators who are actively building and implementing health data products.
The Investors: Ben Robbins (GV) and Roy Rosin (First Round Capital)
The people deciding which health data companies get funded and what they're watching for. Their perspective on the intersection of capital and evidence is crucial at Health Datapalooza.
The Advocate: Andrea Downing (The Light Collective)
The voice in the room asking who benefits and who gets left out.
The Health System Leaders: Daniel Yang (Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. and Hospitals) and Karandeep Singh (UC San Diego Health)
The buyers and implementers at scale. When they talk about what works and what doesn't, the whole industry listens.
The Evidence Maker: Julia Adler-Milstein (UCSF)
The researcher whose work on interoperability and implementation is cited by virtually everyone in the room.
The Policy Architects: Joe Grogan (EU-US Forum) and Anne Zink (PopHIVE.org)
People who have sat at the table where health data policy gets made and understand the gap between what gets written and what actually happens.
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