Empowering every patient journey

Vaalia Health

Why We Exist

Vaalia’s Unique Approach to Specialty Care

Vaalia is reimagining medication management for cancer and specialty care. We combine human coaching with causal AI to help patients manage their medications, stay on therapy, and achieve better outcomes. Our platform learns from real patient interactions and integrates with providers to deliver personalized, evidence-driven support when it is most impactful.

What We Do

Personalized medication support

Our tailored programs deliver timely, data-informed support, helping patients manage side effects, stay engaged, and persist with treatment when it matters most.

Intelligent risk assessment

Our Causal AI identifies the underlying drivers of early therapy disruptions and enables targeted actions to help patients stay on therapy.

Seamless integration

Vaalia’s platform integrates directly with care teams, EMRs, and Pharma’s data systems — supporting efficient implementation and real-world scalability.

Causal insights and analytics

We transform complex real-world data into causal insights, revealing what drives access, initiation, and adherence — and enabling smarter strategies across the treatment journey.

We partner to enhance
patient care

Our Clients & Services

We partner with healthcare providers and the pharmaceutical industry to deliver personalized patient support and actionable insights into the patient journey. Our services improve adherence and persistence, optimize therapy outcomes, and create measurable value across the healthcare ecosystem.

How We Deliver It

Our Technology

We use Causal AI to move beyond correlation and uncover why patients remain on therapies. This allows us to identify the true drivers of treatment success — and act on them.

Unlike traditional analytics, our models reveal cause-and-effect relationships in real-world data, enabling more targeted support, smarter resource use, and better outcomes for patients.

Our technology is grounded in pioneering research from the Stanford Research Institute (SRI), a global leader in Causal AI. Together with SRI, our data science team is advancing model development to bring cutting-edge AI into real-world clinical practice.

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Our technology is grounded in pioneering research from the Stanford Research Institute (SRI), a global leader in Causal AI. Together with SRI, our data science teams are advancing model development to bring cutting-edge AI into real-world clinical practice.

About Us

Our Values

Sisu
Decision
Velocity

About Sisu

Sisu is a Finnish cultural concept that refers to inner strength, grit, and determination, especially in the face of adversity. It’s more than simple perseverance – it’s about having the courage, resilience, and stubborn willpower to keep going when things seem impossible.

United by a Mission

Our Team

At Vaalia, people are our greatest asset. Our team brings together expertise in oncology, health economics, data science, and product development, united by a mission to improve the patient journey.

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Jani Ahonala

CEO & Founder

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Jacob Jolly

Head of Operations

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Dr. Ken Carson

Chief Medical Officer

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Nicole Pay

Head of Analytics

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Jari Otranen

Chief Technology Officer

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Sonja Ecklund

Head of Coaching Operations

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Patrik Wälkkilä

Finance Manager

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Ti John

Staff Machine Learning Scientist

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Onur Poyraz

Senior Data Scientist

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Eva Bakacs

Product Designer

10 awesome
team members
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We are looking for a Data Engineer and a Business Operations Manager in Helsinki to join our team.

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Our Advisors

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Roy Beveridge​

Oncologists, Advisors,
Humana, McKesson

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Vipin Gopal

Chief AI and Data Officer at Fortune 100s

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George Sledge

Executive Vice President Caris Life Sciences

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Lidia Schapira

Professor of Medicine Stanford University

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Emmanuel Blin

Founder & CEO, Upskilling Health Professionals

5 awesome
advisors

We are supported by a network of trusted clinical, technology, and business advisors who ensure our solutions are both scientifically rigorous and commercially relevant. Together with advisors from leading cancer practices and global pharma companies, we are building a new model of patient support that combines advanced analytics with real-world impact.