Meet the core team

Anant is interested in exploring how value based healthcare, use of new technologies (clinical, basic science, diagnostics, IT) and impact investing can improve population health.  For over 10 years he served as Executive Director of Better Value Healthcare, a boutique advisory firm that helped governments (UK, Italy, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Qatar, Saudi Arabia) redesign their healthcare systems to deliver value.  He has a PhD from the Yale University School of Medicine and Bachelors degrees from Brandeis University.

Andrew is Director for Strategy & Analytics at Yale Medicine, where he is leading planning efforts related to development of new clinical programs, launch of ambulatory sites and practice acquisitions. Prior to Yale, Andrew was a management consultant. He helped several banks launch operations in Central and Eastern Europe and adjust their business models following the 2008 financial crisis. He holds a Master's degree in Finance from Warsaw School of Economics and an MBA from Yale University.

Vinod is Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University. His clinical and research career has focused on the care of individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. He founded STEP in 2006 and the clinic has innovated in care delivery while producing research that has impacted national policy. Vinod has an academic interest in education and knowledge translation and STEP has served as a platform for international workforce development. He completed schizophrenia fellowship training at the Yale University School of Medicine, and has an MD and Bachelors degrees from the University of Rochester.

John is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University. He is a practicing clinical educator boarded in Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine. He has hands on experience in clinical service development, particularly early intervention. John brings expertise in health informatics, visual analytics, user-centered software development; and Learning Health System implementation. He is informatics lead for 2 national EPINET hubs. He completed a clinical research fellowship and residency at Yale; a PhD in health sciences at University of Huddersfield, UK; and medical school at the University of Nottingham, UK.