Lawrenceville, NJ, USA—June 5, 2018—
ISPOR, the professional society for health economics and outcomes research, announced the election of the Society’s 2018-2019 Board of Directors. ISPOR’s global membership elects its board with the 2018-2019 Board of Directors assuming office on July 1, 2018.
- Federico Augustovski, MD, MSc, PhD will assume the role of 2018-2019 President after having served as the Society’s President-Elect. Dr Augustovski is director of Health Economic Evaluations and Technology Assessment at the Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Nancy J. Devlin, PhD was elected President-Elect and will move into the role of President in the 2019-2020 term. Dr Devlin is the director of Research at the Office of Health Economics in London, England, UK.
The following members were elected to the Board of Directors for 3-year terms:
- Jalpa A. Doshi, PhD, professor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Neil Hawkins, MSc, MBA, PhD, professor of Health Technology Assessment, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Rok Hren, PhD, MSc, head of Laboratory Diagnostics, Point.of.Care and Molecular Diagnostics in the Adriatic Region, Siemens Healthineers, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Raoh-Fang (Jasmine) Pwu, PhD, director, National Hepatitis C Program Office, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taipei, Taiwan
Returning board members include:
Immediate Past President:
- Shelby D. Reed, RPh, PhD, professor at Duke University in Durham, NC, USA
Treasurer:
- Zeba M. Khan, RPh, PhD, vice president at Celgene Corporation, Summit, NJ, USA
CEO and Executive Director:
- Nancy S. Berg, CEO and executive director at ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Lawrenceville, NJ, USA
Returning Directors:
- Meindert Boysen, PharmD, director for Technology Appraisal and Highly-Specialized Technologies Programs at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, London, England, UK
- Stephanie R. Earnshaw, PhD, senior vice president, Health Economics at RTI Health Solutions, Raleigh-Durham, NC, USA
- Jan Elias Hansen, PhD, vice president, Evidence for Access Unit, US Medical Affairs at Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, USA
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