Kara Dennis

Kara Dennis is a Senior Vice President and the General Manager of Life Sciences at Clarify Health. She leads the development and delivery of an integrated data and analytics platform that provides insight into longitudinal patient journeys for life sciences companies. Previously, Dennis was Managing Director of Mobile Health at Medidata Solutions, an industry-leading provider of SaaS solutions for clinical research and development. She was responsible for the creation and delivery of a comprehensive mobile health offering, leading a team to scale clinical trial technologies for patient engagement, electronic patient reported outcomes (ePRO) and wearable sensors. Under her leadership, the Medidata Mobile Health team acquired a virtual trials software company in 2017 and won several prestigious industry awards. 

Dennis is a frequent speaker on clinical trials and real world evidence, and her perspective is sought out regularly by key publications that cover the space. She was named among the 100 most inspiring leaders in life sciences by PharmarVOICE  in 2015 and a Rising Star by the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association that same year. Before joining Medidata, Dennis spent four years in McKinsey & Co's healthcare practice, and subsequently worked in corporate development for Ikaria, a biotech later acquired by Mallinckrodt. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Yale University.