Christine Leopold

Class of:

2009

Current affiliation:

Harvard Medical School

Contact: 

• christleopold@gmx.net
• christine_leopold@harvardpilgrim.org

Education and experience:

March 2014 – March 2017

Post-Doctoral Fellow at the department of Population Medicine, Drug Policy Research Group at Harvard Medical School & Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Institute.

Research:

1) A rapidly changing global medicines environment: How adaptable are funding decision-making systems?

2) Trends of utilization of breast cancer medicines of privately insured women in the US.

May 2005 – Feb 2014

Researcher at the Austrian Public Health Institute, Department of Health Economics / WHO Collaborating Centre for Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Policies

Research areas:

1)   Comparative research of health systems with a focus on medicines (access and affordability)

2)   Medicine price comparison in European countries

3)   Policy impact analysis on medicines’ utilization and costs

Project Co-lead:

1)   Pharmaceutical Pricing and Reimbursement Information (PPRI): a network of European public pricing and reimbursement authorities

2)   National Center for Rare Diseases in Austria: a multi-stakeholder process to develop and implement a National Action plan for rare diseases

Consulting activities for various players in the Austrian pharmaceutical sector (public and private), the European Commission, the World Health Organization and the World Bank

Sep 2009 – Jan 2014

Professional PhD in Pharmaceutical Policy, Utrecht University, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology / Utrecht Centre for Pharmaceutical Policy and Regulation, Utrecht, the Netherlands

2003 – 2004

Master of Science in International Health Care Management, Economics and Policy, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy

1998 – 2002

Master of Applied Science in International Business Relations, University of Applied Science Eisenstadt, Austria

Former PhD Project:

Pharmaceutical Policy Analysis – A European Perspective on Pricing and Reimbursement in challenging times

Team members and other people involved:

Dr. Aukje Mantel-Teeuwisse, Prof. Dr. Bert Leufkens, Richard Laing, Sabine Vogler