Kat Usop, is a digital health innovator and a long-term globetrotter. She specializes in implementing gamification models in disease management, consumer health, and precision medicine. She has diverse experiences in the facets of research, development, and management of medical devices and de novo health technologies. Usop, who earned a Master of Science in Health Informatics and Bioinformatics from the University of Missouri-Columbia, was part of the genesis of gamified virtual workspaces for preoperative surgical training and communication using biomimicry techniques; in 2018, this effort was presented at Harvard Medical School amongst pioneers of VR and AR in health.

Consequently, she was able to drive her current venture, Gina Health, to become a finalist at the 2020 NC TECH State of Technology Conference for its unique design in gamifying a mental-health platform. She also contributed to the wearable (biomedical) data management and governance at Duke University-Biomedical Engineering. She was also fortunate to be selected as the youngest adjunct professor of risk management of medical devices at the age of 23.