Meet Raghu Kolli!
What is your home institution?
The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
How long have you been with UT-HIP?
Less than 1 year
Where are you located?
Austin, Texas
What inspired you to join the team?
After years of building data platforms in healthcare and retail, I wanted my work to have a more direct impact on health outcomes. UT-HIP lets me do that while working with talented people across the UT System, and I’m proud to help build something that will serve researchers and patients for years to come.
What is your favorite thing about working with UT-HIP?
My favorite part is the collaboration. On any given day I’m working with people from across UT’s health institutions, each bringing different expertise and priorities, all working toward the same goal. Seeing a cross-institution project come together on the platform, like the AIMS demo at the UT REAL Health AI Symposium, is really rewarding.
What is your role and how do you support UT-HIP?
I’m the Data Engineering Manager at Dell Medical School, and I lead the data engineering team for UT-HIP. We build and maintain the platform’s data foundation: bringing data in securely from partner institutions, enabling new capabilities like secure application hosting and AI model development in Microsoft Fabric, and supporting research projects as they onboard. My focus is making sure the platform is reliable, secure, and ready for whatever our researchers need next.
