Catherine Mwai is a population health scientist, and the founder of PopHealth Futures. Mwai has over a decade of experience as a public health practitioner and researcher across diverse sectors and populations.

Most notably, as a junior researcher she conducted the first national study on cancer care systems in Northern Somalia with a Somali-based NGO. As an educator, she developed the first health education curriculum focused on Native youth for a rural K-5 school. And as a social entrepreneur, she strategised with providers and clinicians regarding a digital health intervention for a cardiovascular center. She has presented at the Consortium of Universities for Global Health, American Public Health Association, Yale Ventures, and Child Life Conference.

Mwai holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) from the Yale School of Public Health, and certificates in Law and Sustainable Development from the University of Cambridge. After graduate school, she trained as a junior research scientist focused on community engagement and health disparities through a prestigious National Institutes of Health fellowship. She currently works in research, implementation, and intervention design at the Yale School of Public Health.