Biography
Dr. Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai is a Program Leader and Senior
Researcher of the Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP), which is a semi-autonomous research
institute of Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health in Bangkok, Thailand. She is also an
Affiliated Scientist at St. Michael’s Hospital, and an
Assistant Professor at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and
Evaluation, University of Toronto, in Canada.
Her research focuses on how to apply health economics and health
technology assessment (HTA) in the real-world setting as well as how to advance methods
in economic evaluation. She has experience conducting economic evaluations using various
methods with specific interest in the potential of big data (also person-level data from sources
such as administrative databases, registries, and clinical trials) in health
economics and HTA to support evidence generation and policy-making process.
She has collaborated with researchers,
health professionals, and policy-makers in
various areas to help communicate the value of health initiatives using
economic evidence around the world (e.g., Bhutan, Kenya, and
Canada). She has contributed to the trainings in HTA to support
universal health coverage (UHC) and health systems in Asia, Africa, and North America. Dr. Isaranuwatchai
is dedicated to the creation and use of evidence in healthcare decision making.