Delphis Vera is a physician and healthcare innovation business professional with over 15 years’ experience in real-world data (RWD), digital health transformation, and healthcare product innovation seeking to improve people’s lives by developing and managing innovative solutions at the intersection of technologies, data science, clinical research, and healthcare. He has been in the healthcare industry since 2008, first with a military medical research institution where he managed complex programs and projects of global scope in biomedical research and international development in Central and South America as part of the global efforts of the United States Government to enhance global public health preparedness and security in the region.
Afterwards, he transitioned to the private sector with Roche Pharmaceuticals leading RWD and Phase III clinical trials in South America and optimizing the approval and execution processes for clinical studies and access programs. Later, Dr. Vera joined an early stage startup named Feedtrail, Inc., as the Head of Data analytics and BI, leading all initiatives for the development and implementation of data analytics tools, roadmap strategy and system integration in their SaaS platform to provide customers with actionable insights to deliver exceptional human-centered experiences and achieve better health outcomes for their patients.
Currently, Dr. Vera is serving as a Physician Scientist for Strategic Scientific Projects at Labcorp focused on analyzing our internal diagnostic database for the identification of new biomarkers for early disease detection. Prior to this role, Dr. Vera served as an IT Director for digital transformation and business strategy, demonstrating a capacity to bridge technological advancements with business objectives through clinical innovation and product/program management.
Dr. Vera's academic pursuits include a Master of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Master of Clinical Epidemiology from Cayetano Heredia University and a Medical Doctorate from the National University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru.
Areas of Support: Clinical Trials, Epidemiology, Public Health/Clinical informatics, Real World Data
Publications:
1. Sanyal AJ, Magnanensi J, Majd Z, Rosenquist C, Vera DM, Almas JP, Connelly MA. NIS2+™, an effective blood-based test for the diagnosis of at-risk nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in adults 65 years and older. Hepatol Commun. 2023 Aug 9;7(9):e0223. Published online 2023 Aug 9. doi: 10.1097/HC9.0000000000000223
2. Falcon S, Riva L, Flores C, Vera D, Pinto JA, Gomez HL. Neoadjuvant pertuzumab in non-metastatic HER2-positive breast tumors: Multicentric study in Peru (NeoHer). Mol Clin Oncol. 2022;16(3):70. doi:10.3892/mco.2022.2503
3. Alsentzer E, Ballard S, Neyra J, Vera DM, Osorio VB, Quispe J, et al. Assessing 3 Outbreak Detection Algorithms in an Electronic Syndromic Surveillance System in a Resource-Limited Setting. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020;26(9):2196-2200. https://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2609.191315
4. Kratz M, Thomas A, Hora R, Vera D, Lutz M, Molloy P, Johnson MD. Development and Implementation of the DHAPP Military e-Health Information Network. Curr HIV Res 2017 ;15(2):102-108.
5. Alsentzer E, Vera DM, Neyra J, Loayza L, Hora RA, Osorio V, Quispe J, Ballard SB, Blazes D. Monitoring Acute Diarrhea via an Electronic Surveillance System in the Peruvian Navy. Online Journal of Public Health Informatics * ISSN 1947-2579 * http://ojphi.org * 7(1): e102, 2015.
6. Vera DM, Hora RA, Murillo A, Wong JF, Torre AJ, Wang D, Boulay D, Hancock K, Katz JM, Ramos M, Loayza L, Quispe J, Reaves EJ, Bausch DG, Chowell G, Montgomery JM. Assessing the impact of public health interventions on the transmission of pandemic H1N1 influenza a virus aboard a Peruvian navy ship. Influenza Other Respir Viruses. 2014 May;8(3):353-9. doi: 10.1111/irv.12240. Epub 2014 Feb 10.
7. Delphis M. Vera, MD; Victor Gonzaga, MSc; Ricardo A. Hora, MD; Mariana Ramos, MD; José A. Quispe, RN; Christian Loret de Mola, MD; Joan M. Neyra, MD, et al. Outbreak of 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) on a Peruvian Navy Ship --- June--July 2009. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) CDC/ Atlanta US. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010 Feb 19;59(6):162-5.
8. Nakandakare, G., Neyra, J., Vera, D., Tsuha, A., Hora, R., Atavillos, C. & Montgomery, J. “Applying Elearning for Health in Resource Limited Settings: Description of the Implementation of an Epidemiological Training Web Site”. Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (pp. 1128-1130). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. In G. Richards (Ed.)
9. Vera, D., Monterroso, H., Laffitte, H., Ortiz, A. “Evaluation of Indicators of the National Sanitary Strategy of Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis in “Puerto Nuevo Health Center during the period between 2001 - 2005” Anales de la Facultad de Medicina Sep-Dic 2006. An Fac Med Lima. 2006;67 Suppl 1 S84