Senior Director, Epidemiology
RTI Health Solutions, Barcelona, Spain, Spain
Elena Rivero, MD, MPH, FISPE, Senior Director of Epidemiology at RTI-HS with a background in medicine and epidemiology. She holds a medical degree from the University of Barcelona, where she specialized in preventive medicine and public health, and a master's degree in public health from Boston University with a concentration in epidemiology, biostatistics, and health services research. Dr. Rivero has 27 years of experience in the pharmacoepidemiology field. Dr. Rivero has provided epidemiology expertise to a wide range of development projects and marketed products in various therapeutic areas. She has led studies aimed at defining burden of disease, disease risk factors, and safety; and coordinated and led postauthorization safety studies, including large database studies.
Dr. Rivero is a Fellow and active member of the International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology, where she also previously served on the Board of Directors and the Special Interest Group of Medications in Pregnancy.