Likhitha Kolla is an Innovation Fellow at the Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation (PC3I) and an MD-PhD candidate at the University of Pennsylvania. Her doctoral training will be in Biostatistics.  She is currently researching algorithmic reliability and the implementation of EHR-based risk prediction models for clinical decision-making in settings like oncology. Likhitha is also interested in global oncology innovation and work. Her previous research includes work in cancer genomics, in silico clinical trials for oncology, and cancer care delivery.

Ms. Kolla received her Bachelor of Science in Biology and Applied Math from the College of William & Mary. Prior to Penn, she spent a research year at the National Institute for Deafness and Other Communication Disorders in Bethesda, MD.