Senior Health Economist completed a Master of Science in Health Services Research from the Institute of Health, Policy, Management, and Evaluation at the University of Toronto and is currently pursuing a PhD in Health Technology Assessment. Lisa has over 10 years of work experience as a health economist working in both research and government settings. In these roles she produced economic evidence for a variety of stakeholders, such as, the Ontario Health Technology Advisory Committee, industry, and academia. Lisa has worked on the cost-effectiveness of technologies from a variety of fields of medicine including oncology, endocrinology, urology, psychiatry, and gastroenterology.

Lisa’s primary research interests include methods for the assessment of health technologies, decision analytic modeling, real-world evidence, and knowledge translation. Her current research seeks to examine how real-world evidence can be used by health technology assessment bodies and healthcare payers/decision-makers. She is dedicated to producing research that is relevant and accessible to policy decision-makers who are tasked with making difficult funding decisions, as well as, the public who seek research findings that are easy to understand.