Katherine Hempstead | Senior Adviser to the Executive Vice President
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Katherine Hempstead, Senior Adviser to the Executive Vice President, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Since late 2013, Katherine Hempstead, PhD, has directed the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s work on coverage. In addition, Hempstead works on issues related to health care price transparency and value. She joined the Foundation in 2011 as a senior program officer in the Research and Evaluation unit.
Previously, Hempstead was director of the Center for Health Statistics in the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. She also served as statistician/analyst in the Office of the Attorney General, New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety. She formerly served as an assistant research professor at the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy, where she currently holds a visiting faculty position. Hempstead previously held positions at New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service, and at Catholic University, in Washington D.C.  She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Office of Population Research at Princeton University.
Born in New Jersey, Hempstead received a PhD in Demography and History from the University of Pennsylvania, where she also earned a BA in Economics and History.

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Pharma Pricing & Market Access USA Day 2 @ 15:10

PANEL: Patient Affordability: Bridge the gap between access and the patient's pocket

  • Examine how you can address Patient Affordability and alleviate coverage inequality for oral therapies
  • Develop meaningful and progressive assistance programs which address a patients’ ability to afford medication
  • Drive solutions that will relieve patient paying points as they move between different sites of care

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