Lara Wolfson PhD

Lara Wolfson, PhD, is the Associate VP and Head of HTA Statistics at MSD in Zurich, Switzerland. Leading a team of 75+ statisticians, she pioneers quantitative solutions for Health Technology Assessment (HTA) challenges. Lara's career spans roles at Merck, Janssen, and the World Health Organization, focusing on vaccines, epidemiology, and health economics. She also taught at Brigham Young University and the University of Waterloo. Dr. Wolfson co-leads the HTA ESIG of EFSPI and holds MS and PhD degrees in Statistics from Carnegie Mellon University, with an undergraduate background from Simon Fraser University.