Laila Starr

In her industrial PhD project titled "Multi-criteria decision analysis in health technology assessments: current use and methodological development" Laila Kærgaard Starr will provide insights on some of the newest developments in payer assessment of innovative medicines and develop tools to support decision making from early drug development. The development of a multi-criteria approach to priority setting has been identified as one of the most important issues in health system research and the project therefore also have a clear public utility perspective. The project is conducted in collaboration between the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk and CBS/ECON, supervised by Professor Peter Bogetoft.

Laila Kærgaard Starr holds an MSc in Public Health from the University of Copenhagen. She has extensive experience working with international health issues. Prior to starting her PhD she was a research fellow in the epidemiological department at the World Health Organization’s cancer research agency (International Agency for Research on Cancer, IARC) in France. 

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Copenhagen Business School (2013 — 2021)
• New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business (2015 — 2015)
• University of Cape Town (2014 — 2015)
• Graduate Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen (2006 — 2010)
• BA Syddansk Universitet - University of Southern Denmark (2003 — 2006)
• Bachelor's Degree Maastricht University (2005 — 2005)
• BA University of North Florida (2002 — 2003)
• BA Western State College (2001 — 2002)

Companies

• Postdoctoral Researcher Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen (2021)
• Partner & Strategic advisor Starr Media (2009)
• Industrial PhD in Health Economics Novo Nordisk and Copenhagen Business School (2013 — 2021)
• Lecturer (part-time) Copenhagen Business School (2017 — 2021)
• Research Assistant Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen (2019 — 2021)
• Visiting Scholar NYU Stern School of Business (2015 — 2015)
• Project Coordinator/ Research fellow World Health Organization/ International Agency for Research on Cancer (2012 — 2013)
• Assisted with the Health Behavior in School-aged Children study (HBSC) World Health Organization (2006 — 2012)
• Student Assistent/ Research Assistant/ Research Fellow Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Dept of Psychosocial Cancer Research, Danish Cancer Society (2010 — 2012)