About Catalia Health

Changing Healthcare by Putting Patients First

Our Mission

Catalia Health brings together artificial intelligence, psychology, and medical guidelines to enable patient empowerment, wellness, and higher quality of life for our program participants.

Our Vision

Catalia Health’s vision is to provide a digital companion that is uniquely adapted to help each patient better manage their health and wellness based on their preferences, needs, lifestyle, and situation.

Origin and Journey

2000-2007 MIT Media Lab

Cory Kidd makes remarkable findings on social robots making proven differences in patient interaction

2014: Catalia Health Begins

Cory Kidd starts Catalia Health

2015: Mabu Designed at IDEO

IDEO iterates and designs the first Mabu prototypes

2017: Kaiser Permanente

Kaiser Permanente pilots first integrated health program in heart failure

2019: Pfizer

Catalia Health launches first major pharmaceutical program with Pfizer

2020: Virtual Clinical Trials

Catalia Health launches Virtual Clinical Trials Platform

Who We Are

Our Leadership Team

Dr. Cory Kidd, PhD

Dr. Cory Kidd, PhD

CEO

Dr. Cory Kidd is the founder and CEO of Catalia Health. Dr. Kidd has been working in healthcare technology for nearly two decades. The focus of his work has been applying innovative technologies towards solving large-scale healthcare challenges. His previous company, Intuitive Automata, created interactive coaches for weight loss. Prior to this, Dr. Kidd received his M.S. and Ph.D. at the MIT Media Lab in human-robot interaction. While there, he conducted studies that showed the psychological and clinical advantages of using a physical robot over screen-based interactions.

Devon Edwards

Devon Edwards

COO

Devon Edwards is the COO at Catalia Health. Devon is an operations, business partnership, and strategy expert. He focuses on understanding and forecasting customer needs, and asking lots of questions. He’s also a former attorney who practiced at Morrison & Foerster LLP. He received his J.D. from the University of Texas where he was an editor of the Texas Law Review. He received his AB from Princeton University

Shrabani Jain

Shrabani Jain

Chief Product Innovation Officer

Shrabani Jain is the VP of Product Management at Catalia Health. Her focus involves engaging with strategic customers, planning, estimating, tracking, communicating across projects, and timelines. Her previous roles include Digital Transformation, Innovation leader, Patient engagement, RWE, and data analytics. She brings several decades of experience in Management and Technology across industries. The most recent decade was focused in Pharma and Healthcare. Shrabani got her BS in Finance, Post-Grad in Computers, and an Executive MBA in Strategic Management.

Komal Patel

Komal Patel

Clinical Pharmacist

Dr. Komal Patel is the resident Clinical Pharmacist at Catalia Health and excels in finding innovative means to achieve better patient outcomes. She brings a unique understanding of the healthcare industry with her through her consulting experiences, leading clinical program development, and heading operations management for specialty pharmacies. Komal received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Southern California, School of Pharmacy, and has been known in the pharmacy industry for her advocacy efforts in changing healthcare policy to improve patient access to care.

Jill Greczek

Jill Greczek

Senior Software Engineer

Jill Greczek is the Human-Robot Interaction Engineer at Catalia Health. Her expertise is in combining artificial intelligence with expert knowledge from interdisciplinary teams to create the best interaction with Mabu for each patient. Jill received her M.S. in Computer Science working in the Interaction Lab at the University of Southern California, where her research focused on the practical deployment of autonomous social robots in homes, schools, hospitals, and other real-world settings.