Anita Katharina Wagner, PharmD, MPH, DrPH

Anita Katharina Wagner, PharmD, MPH, DrPH, is Associate Professor in the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute. She received her PharmD from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences and her MPH in international health and DrPH in epidemiology from Harvard School of Public Health. With colleagues across the world, Dr. Wagner conducts empirical research on medicines approvals, availability, access, affordability, use, and spending. Currently, the research teams focus on improving communication of benefits, harms, and evidence uncertainties of new cancer medicines in the United States and Europe.

Dr. Wagner seeks to address ethical questions that arise in societies, health systems and organizations at the intersection of politics, economics, and science. Since 2019, she has served as director of the organizational ethics program of a regional, non-profit health insurer. Recent recognitions include the HMS A. Clifford Barger Excellence in Mentoring Award and a Fulbright-Saastamoinen Foundation Scholar in Health and Environmental Sciences award.