PhD, Epidemiology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
MS, Pharmacy Administration
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
BPharm, Bachelor of Pharmacy
Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey University, Mumbai, India
Sapna Rao has a decade of full- and part-time experience conducting pharmacoepidemiology research in industry and consulting. She works in conducting meta-analysis, designing physician surveys, and performing analysis of multiple United States claims databases in several therapeutic areas including cardiovascular, immunology, oncology, neurology, and nephrology. Dr. Rao’s doctoral research focused on using advance causal methods in patients with chronic kidney disease. While working on her doctorate degree, she also gained industry experience supporting real-world evidence research by designing observational studies, developing protocols, developing study reports, and disseminating data to internal and external stakeholders. Prior to pursuing her PhD in epidemiology, she worked as a health economics and outcomes research analyst and trained as a pharmacist.