Elissa Klinger

Elissa Klinger is the lead transformation strategist for care delivery translation at CHTI. In this role, she works to transform care delivery interventions tested in discrete research studies into sustained health system programs. Elissa also manages a portfolio of clinical care innovation projects funded by Independence Blue Cross.

Before joining the team, Elissa worked as a senior research project manager in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, where she managed a portfolio of health services research trials that leveraged health information technology to promote risk assessment and prevention in primary care. Areas of focus included pharmacovigilance, cancer screening, and clinical decision-making. She was also the project manager for the Mass General Brigham Center for Drug Policy. Before working in U.S. health care, Elissa completed short-term consulting and research projects with international institutions, including the World Health Organization.

Elissa received her bachelor's degree in the growth and structure of cities from Bryn Mawr College and her master's degree from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health with a focus on population and international health.