Christine Leopold

Dr. Christine Leopold is a highly experienced expert in the field of pharmaceutical policy analysis and health economics, focusing on access to and affordability of medicines. With a PhD in International Pharmaceutical Policy Analysis, she has a strong background in comparing countries' medicine pricing and reimbursement policies, evaluating stakeholders' perceptions on value measures and policies, and examining the economic burden of cancer treatments.

Dr. Leopold is passionate about integrating health policy and care delivery by addressing ethical concerns in priority setting within healthcare. She advocates for a mixed methods approach in her research, utilizing rigorous quantitative methods like interrupted time series models alongside qualitative techniques such as in-depth interviews and focus group discussions involving various stakeholders such as patients, payers, policy makers, pharmaceutical companies, pharmacists, and healthcare providers.

Her educational journey includes studying at prestigious institutions like the European Health Forum Gastein, Universiteit Utrecht for her PhD, SDA Bocconi for an MSc in International Healthcare Management, Policy, and Economics, and FH Burgenland for a Master's in International Business Relations.

Throughout her career, Dr. Leopold has held key positions in renowned organizations. She currently serves as a Research Consultant in Self-employment and has previously worked as a Senior Research Fellow, Pyle Research Fellow in Population Medicine, and Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, as well as a Research Fellow at IMS Healthcare Institute and Gesundheit Österreich GmbH/WHO CC for Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies.