July 21, 2026
Title: HEOR Career Development for New Professionals: Things I Wish I Knew
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
10:00AM EDT | 2:00PM UTC | 4:00PM CEST
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Description
With HEOR’s interdisciplinary nature — spanning clinical research, epidemiology, health policy, and data science — early-career HEOR professionals may find themselves navigating a steep learning curve while identifying the skills, relationships, and experiences that will shape their careers.
Although formal HEOR training involves a strong technical and didactic foundation, many successes in HEOR are driven by interpersonal ‘soft’ skills and experience: understanding how to communicate evidence to different stakeholders, building and maintaining cross-functional collaborations, and strategically developing and showcasing expertise in a rapidly evolving field. As AI continues to evolve and transform technical aspects of research, these human-centered skills remain critical, even more so in the age of AI.
This webinar will feature a panel of three highly successful HEOR professionals in academia, industry, and health technology, as they reflect on the lessons they wish they had known at the start of their careers. The speakers will share practical insights on navigating early career decisions, challenges faced early in their careers, developing technical and strategic skills, building professional networks, and positioning yourself for long-term success environments. Designed for new professionals and students, this session will provide candid perspectives and actionable advice to help attendees approach the early stages of their HEOR careers with greater confidence and direction.
Dr. Julia Slejko will share insights on building a research portfolio, navigating grants and publications, and mentoring students for early career academics. Dr. Sanket Shah will discuss building a career in the pharmaceutical industry, including cross-functional collaboration and communicating value to a range of stakeholders. Dr. Blythe Adamson will highlight the challenges and opportunities of establishing a career in the health technology sector, including applying HEOR methods to rapidly changing data and innovative environments.
The webinar will include a panel discussion followed by dedicated time for audience questions and answers.
Gain practical insights into navigating early career decision-making in HEOR across diverse professional settings.
Understand common challenges faced early in careers and how these challenges may differ across academia, industry, and the health technology sector.
Identify strategies for positioning oneself for long-term success and planning for growth across diverse professional settings.
Speakers:
Sanket Shah, MBBS, PhD, Director, Global Value HEOR, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Julia Slejko, PhD, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD, USA
Blythe Adamson, PhD, MPH, Founder, Infectious Economics, New York, NY, USA
Jacinda Tran, MBA, PharmD, PhD, Senior Health Outcomes Researcher, Prime Therapeutics, Burien, WA, USA
Brought to you by ISPOR.
Please note: On the day of the scheduled webinar, the first 1000 registered participants will be accepted into the webinar. For those who are unable to attend, or would like to review the webinar at a later date, the full-length webinar recording will be made available at the ISPOR Educational Webinar Series webpage approximately 2 days after the scheduled Webinar. Reservations are on a first-come, first-served basis.