Every major function across the life sciences value chain
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
From field sales to global strategy
Senior Outcomes Research Manager
EXPRESS SCRIPTS
Her pivot into outcomes research was accelerated by her doctoral training and by a deliberate choice to gain experience on the payer side. This role gave her direct exposure to how payers evaluate evidence and make formulary decisions.
Four Roles Over Seven Years
BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB
Bristol Myers Squibb became the longest and most formative chapter of her career. Over seven years, she held four distinct roles, each one expanding her scope. She deployed the GEO Real-World Data platform to support oncology and hematology insight generation, developed and executed medical strategy for early-phase assets across oncology, hematology, immunology, and cardiovascular, and ultimately led global and U.S. pricing and market access strategy, where she learned how companies make financial decisions under regulatory pressure.
Head of Business Development & Research Partnerships
CVS HEALTHSPIRE - CURRENT
Chakita currently serves as Head of Business Development and Research Partnerships at CVS Healthspire, the life sciences division of CVS Health. In this role, she leads a team focused on building strategic partnerships with pharmaceutical and life sciences organizations across real-world evidence, clinical trial recruitment, and safety studies. Her work sits at the intersection of evidence strategy and commercial partnership — designing and executing research studies that answer the questions payers, regulators, and clinicians need answered, using data that reflects how patients actually move through care.
Pharmaceutical Sales
TAKEDA
She started in pharmaceutical sales at Takeda, where she spent over a decade building commercial instincts that would later shape the way she communicated evidence to the stakeholders who control access.
Research Consulting Lead
HUMANA
She led research consulting engagements across multiple therapeutic areas, managing timelines, budgets, and compliance for high-priority projects.
HEOR Field Director
SANOFI
She served as HEOR Field Director, engaging key stakeholders in disease education and data-driven medical practices.
Peer-reviewed and conference contributions
PUBLISHED RESEARCH
Patient Experience and Outcomes with Immuno-Oncology Agents in Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Lung Cancer
2021
Using Machine Learning to Identify Patient Factors Associated with Hospitalization and Emergency Department Visits in Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
AMCP
2020
Applying a Model of Risk Information Seeking to a Newly Discovered Drug Risk
Ph.D. Dissertation
2012
U.S. Publication Trends in Social and Administrative Pharmacy: Implications for Promotion and Tenure
Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
2012
Psychometric Evaluation of Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Specific Health-Related Quality of Life Instruments
ISPOR
2007