Choate Advisory grew out of more than a decade of designing, leading, and scaling initiatives that have to function across multiple sectors, settings, and stakeholders — and actually deliver on what they promise.

The throughline is system-level design. Whether the work is a national diagnostic program, a multi-country research proposal, or a community-led engagement model, the questions are the same: who is this designed around, who's missing from that picture, and what structures determine whether it holds up at scale.

The work has spanned roughly $15 million in grants and prize awards, a network of more than 200 laboratories and academic institutions, mass public health mobilizations reaching millions, and convenings with leaders from more than 20 countries. Across all of it, the most consistent feedback is that the work brings together people and perspectives that don't usually sit in the same room — and produces designs that hold up once it's time to deliver.

"Brittany brings a rare ability to bring together diverse partners across global health — translating complex challenges into actionable, fundable initiatives that drive real-world impact. She combines strong writing, stakeholder engagement, and program design in a way that resonates across community, academia, public health, and industry. Working with Brittany to strengthen health systems globally was truly a turning point."

— Carole W. Kamangu, Founder & CEO, Dumontel Healthcare Consulting
Brittany Choate
Founder & principal
Brittany Choate, MSc
Range of the work

Fluent across sectors, disciplines, and settings.

The throughline is system-level design — the experience spans widely.

National program operations

Enterprise strategy, governance, KPI architecture, and executive dashboards across a 200+ partner diagnostic network spanning 42 states.

Federal & foundation grants

Stewarding a multi-million-dollar NIH portfolio — including RADx-UP awards up to $3.2M — from award through implementation and reporting.

Community-based engagement

Designing and leading a mobile testing program built with 100+ community partners before launch, reaching first-time testers across Connecticut.

Global & multi-country work

Convening public health, laboratory, and industry leaders across more than 20 countries — including a multi-country NIH proposal anchored in five African nations and the U.S.

Selected experience

A track record across the full arc of an initiative.

Roles and responsibilities held prior to founding Choate Advisory — a snapshot of where the practice draws from.

Director of ProgramsSalivaDirect, Inc.

Backbone leader for a national diagnostic nonprofit — enterprise program strategy, operations, governance, and a multi-million-dollar NIH grant portfolio, delivering major initiatives under budget and at scale.

Director, Site Operations & Community EngagementCOVIDCheck Colorado

Senior leadership in one of Colorado's largest public health mobilizations — a Gary Community Ventures initiative spanning 40+ sites, 1,000+ staff, 1.9M tests, hundreds of thousands of vaccines, and engagement across 11+ languages. Designed half the state's vaccination network in-house and built a community grantmaking model that drove 10× the participation of professional canvassing at 10% of the cost.

Featured speaker & convenerNational & international

Invited speaker and panelist; organizer and host of a multi-day scientific conference series and global diagnostics webinar program bringing together industry, research, and public health leaders across continents.

Published research & field contributionPeer-reviewed journals

Co-author of peer-reviewed work in implementation science, diagnostic access, and community-based research — translating frontline practice into published evidence in journals including AJPM Focus, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, and PLOS Global Public Health.

A fuller picture of project work is available in practice — with additional examples on request.

How I approach the work

Strong ideas, into fundable and scalable programs.

The focus is the space between research and real-world delivery — connecting scientific rigor with operational reality, and aligning what funders prioritize with what communities actually need. Every engagement starts by understanding the people a program is built for, the partners who will carry it, and the structural conditions that decide whether it works. The goal is to reduce complexity, not add to it.

"Brittany has a way of making anyone feel seen, whether she's meeting someone for the first time or building a partnership halfway across the world. She built relationships that spanned the globe and turned strong ideas into fundable, scalable programs."

— Laura Going Burke, Director of Regulatory Compliance, SalivaDirect Inc.

Let's build what comes next.

Every engagement starts with a conversation about the work and what kind of support would actually move it forward.

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