Sepideh Varon

Sepideh Varon serves as an Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy, with formal affiliation to the CHOICE Institute (Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy, and Economics Institute). She concurrently holds the industry position of Vice President and Head of Evidence Generation for US Novartis, where she directs strategic real-world evidence initiatives to support pharmaceutical development and healthcare decision-making.

Her research expertise centers on health economics and outcomes research (HEOR), with emphasis on pharmacoeconomics, comparative effectiveness analysis, health policy evaluation, and evidence generation methodologies. These interests align with the CHOICE Institute's mission to improve health outcomes through rigorous analysis of healthcare interventions, costs, and policy impacts using real-world data and economic modeling approaches.