About me
Executive Director, Medical Evidence Generation, Ionis Pharmaceuticals
Kathleen is the Executive Director, Medical Evidence Generation at Ionis, where she ensures that healthcare professionals have the evidence they need to make well-informed treatment decisions. She has over 20 years of experience as a pharma industry health economist and health outcomes researcher. In addition to her background in Medical Affairs, Kathleen has expertise in observational research, health economic studies and modeling, survey research, patient-reported outcomes, strategic evidence generation planning, consulting, and digital health. She led health outcomes and strategic evidence planning teams at Gilead Sciences, Evidation, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, and Genentech. She earned her undergraduate degree at Stanford University and a MS in Evaluative Clinical Sciences at Dartmouth College.