Catherine Koola Fischer, MPH

Director, Patient Engagement

Cat serves as ICER’s Director of Patient Engagement, working to strengthen the patient voice in value assessments. Her role includes outreach and onboarding for ICER reviews, building partnerships with patient communities, enhancing ICER’s process and materials to be patient-friendly, and Co-Chairing ICER’s Patient Council. Cat speaks frequently at conferences and webinars on ICER’s process for patient engagement and the value and impact of patient involvement in health technology assessment. She serves on HTAi’s Patient and Citizen Involvement Interest Group (PCIG) Steering Committee and contributes to international research led by the Patient Preference Project Subcommittee.

Cat joined ICER in 2019 as a Program Manager for independent drug reviews and transitioned to Patient Engagement in 2021. Previously, Cat was a Product Manager at Affect Mental Health and a clinical research epidemiologist at Trauma Research, LLC. She holds an MPH in Epidemiology from Emory University and a BS in Psychology from Texas A&M University.

As a resident of Colorado, her hobbies include adventuring in the Rockies and hip hop dancing.