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Cathy Reitz is a research project manager at the Acceleration Lab. In this role, Cathy manages a portfolio of research studies that leverage technology and principles from behavioral economics to drive innovation in care delivery and improve population health outcomes at Penn Medicine.

 

Her current efforts focus on preventive screenings, medication adherence, and hypertension management. Cathy is also working to scale remote patient hovering programs for colonoscopy navigation and recovery from lower joint replacement surgery from the research setting to Penn Medicine's general population.

 

Cathy holds a master's degree in public health from Emory University and a bachelor's in biological anthropology from James Madison University.