Instructors
Nancy A Dreyer, PhD, MPH, FISPE
Founder, Dreyer Strategies LLC, United States
Nancy Dreyer is Chief Scientific Advisor to Picnic Health and Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina. Recently retired from full-time employment as Chief Scientific Officer at IQVIA Real World Solutions, she maintains an active career consulting, publishing and teaching for the International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE). She is a Fellow of DIA and a member of DIA's Scientific and Policy Advisory Council, a Fellow of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology and a member of the ISPOR RWE leadership team. She has helped advance global use of real-world evidence by medicinal product regulators, with her work cited in guidelines in the US, Europe, and China.
Michael Kelsh
Executive Director, Research & Development, Amgen, United States
Gillis Carrigan, PhD, MS
Director, Center for Observational Research, Amgen, United States
Dr. Carrigan has over 20 years of experience in observational studies with a focus on study design and methodology. He is experienced with the use of electronic medical records (EMR), administrative claims data, and registry data. He has worked with observational data in a number of settings and therapeutic areas including oncology, neuroscience, respiratory disease, and vaccine safety. In recent years, he has focused on applying epidemiological methods to real-world oncology data to augment evidence from clinical trials.
Matthew Reynolds, PhD, FISPE
Vice President, Real World Evidence, IQVIA, United States
Dr. Reynolds is a member of the Center for Advanced Evidence Generation, Real World Solutions at IQVIA. He designs innovative solutions for real world evidence on effectiveness and safety. Dr. Reynolds brings more than 20 years of diverse experience in non-interventional research and has a deep expertise in the usage of real world data to address questions of effectiveness, safety, and value of pharmaceutical products. He founded and led the successful Database Special Interest Group for the International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology where he served as an elected executive leader. Dr. Reynolds earned his graduate and doctoral degrees in epidemiology and preventive medicine from the University of Maryland at Baltimore in January 2000.