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Julie Munakata,  MS |   Senior Project Manager

Julie Munakata has over 10 years of industry and academic experience in health economics and clinical research. As a senior project manager, Ms. Munakata is involved in the design, management, analysis, interpretation and reporting of projects that include economic modeling, clinical and economic literature based evaluations and data analyses of healthcare claims databases.

Prior to joining ValueMedics, Ms. Munakata was a project director at the VA Health Economics Resource Center and the Stanford Center for Primary Care and Outcomes Research. She managed the health economic sub-study of a tri-national clinical trial, developed decision analytic models in HIV/AIDS, and conducted research on preference assessment methods.

Prior to her affiliations with the VA/Stanford, Ms. Munakata gained extensive experience in clinical research management and analysis. At Wyeth, she managed ex-US phase IV clinical trials in the area of transplantation and immunology. At UCLA, she conducted exploratory clinical research studies from concept to completion in the area of functional bowel disease. Her work has resulted in over 20 publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Ms. Munakata earned a bachelor of science degree in Psychobiology from the University of California, Los Angeles and a master of science degree in Health Policy and Management from the Harvard University School of Public Health.
 
Jonothan C. Tierce, CPhil
Elisabeth Hazard, PhD
Joshua S. Benner, PharmD, ScD
David S. Battleman, MD, MSc, MBA
   
 
Jose F. Abarca
Russell V. Becker, MA
  Chakkarin Burudpakdee, PharmD
Richard H. Chapman, PhD
Spencer Cherry
Cynthia D. Eisenschenk, PharmD
  Mitchell DeKoven, MHSA  
  Erica Goldberg 
  Mohamed Hussein, MScs, MSPH, PhD
Karen Joy
C. David Klingman, PhD
Shibani Pokras, MPH 
Julie Munakata, MS
Cheryl Prasad
Georgette Semroc, MA
Timothy W. Smith