Published Jun 5, 2018

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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