Deniz Soyer is a Project Manager with the District of Columbia Department of Health Care Finance, which administers Washington D.C.’s Medicaid program and regulates health information exchange (HIE). Deniz works closely with developers, public health leaders and other health system stakeholders to design, develop, implement and sustain DC HIE infrastructure. Her primary areas of focus include leveraging diverse data sources to enable population health analytics and address social determinants of health. She is also responsible for assessing connectivity and effectiveness of technology to improve care and outcomes in the District. Deniz is an accomplished public health researcher, data scientist, and digital health strategist with a demonstrated record of fostering partnership, leveraging health information and data analytics to inform care delivery, promoting interoperability across the continuum of care, and enhancing health and human services. Her background includes evaluating payer enrollment, utilization, and cost patterns to inform improvements in locally managed health delivery systems and leading interagency public health surveillance and claims data exchange initiatives. Deniz received her MBA from The George Washington University School of Business and her Master of Public Health, specializing in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, from the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine.