Jonathan Salcedo is currently an Associate Director and Global Health Economics Lead at Takeda Pharmaceuticals. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics at the University of Southern California and his M.A. from the Department of Economics at Duke University. He also holds a B.A. in Mathematics and Economics from California State University, Fresno. His current work focuses on health technology assessment including the evaluation of medical and pharmaceutical interventions through cost-effectiveness analysis.