====== Lauren Cipriano ======

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**Lauren Cipriano**, PhD is a Canadian health economist based in [[canada:Ontario:London]], [[canada:Ontario]].

===== Education =====

Cipriano received a Bachelor of Sciences from the [[University of Western Ontario]] in 2003.((//Lauren Cipriano.// [[https://archive.org/details/screencapture-linkedin-in-lauren-cipriano-8a2730-2022-05-14-10_37_42|LinkedIn]]. Retrieved May 14, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-cipriano-8a2730/))

She holds a Masters degree in Statistics and a PhD in Management Science and Engineering from [[Stanford University]].

===== Career and Affiliations =====
 
==== London Health Sciences Centre ====

Cipriano worked as a project manager at [[London Health Sciences Centre]] from 2004-2006.((//Lauren Cipriano.// [[https://archive.org/details/screencapture-linkedin-in-lauren-cipriano-8a2730-2022-05-14-10_37_42|LinkedIn]]. Retrieved May 14, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-cipriano-8a2730/))

==== Massachusetts General Hospital ====

Cipriano worked as a research assistant at [[Massachusetts General Hospital]] from 2006-2008.((//Lauren Cipriano.// [[https://archive.org/details/screencapture-linkedin-in-lauren-cipriano-8a2730-2022-05-14-10_37_42|LinkedIn]]. Retrieved May 14, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-cipriano-8a2730/))

==== University of Western Ontario ====

Cipriano is an Associate Professor in Management Science at the [[Ivey Business School]] and in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the [[Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry]] at the [[University of Western Ontario]], where she holds the Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Analytics, Management, and Policy.

==== World Health Organization ====

Cipriano has provided consulting services for the [[World Health Organization]]. In one example, a WHO advisory paper was also funded by [[UNITAID]].((Cipriano, L. E., & Goldhaber-Fiebert, J. D. (2018). //Population Health and Cost-Effectiveness Implications of a “Treat All” Recommendation for HCV: A Review of the Model-Based Evidence.// MDM Policy & Practice, 3(1), 238146831877663. https://doi.org/10.1177/2381468318776634))

==== United States Government ====

Cipriano has also provided guidance to the Government of the [[United States of America]] through the [[US Veterans Health Administration]], [[US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services]], and the [[US Institute for Clinical and Economic Review]].

==== Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Heath ====

Cipriano sits on the Health Economics Methods Advisory Committee for the [[Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Heath]] (CADTH).

==== THETA Collaborative ====

Cipriano is associated with the [[THETA Collaborative]], a health economics research group funded by [[Toronto General Hospital]] at [[University Health Network]] and [[Mount Sinai Hospital]], and partnered with the [[Dalla Lana School of Public Health]] at the [[University of Toronto]].((//Lauren Cipriano, PhD.// THETA Collaborative. Retrieved May 14, 2022, from https://archive.ph/kzdgf))

==== Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table ====

Cipriano is a member of the Modelling Consensus Table of the [[Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table]].((//Our Partners.// Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. Retrieved May 9, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220509143427/https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/our-partners/))

==== Canadian Immunization Research Network ====

Cipriano is a co-investigator on a study titled "Modelling to inform COVID-19 vaccination rollouts based on vaccine characteristics" led by [[Seyed Moghadas]] (PI) at [[York University]]. The study is funded by the [[Canadian Immunization Research Network]] (CIRN).((Cipriano, L. (2021). //Declaration of Interest.// Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table. https://web.archive.org/web/20220509143513/https://covid19-sciencetable.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Declaration-of-Interest_Modelling-Consensus-Table_Lauren-Cipriano_20210901.pdf))

===== Publications =====

Cipriano is the Deputy Editor of the journals [[Medical Decision Making]] and [[Medical Decision Making Policy & Practice]].