Vakaramoko (Karam) is currently the Health Economics Lead (Director) int he Global Value and Real-World Evidence (GVRWE) group at Otsuka. He oversees the design and implementation of economic modeling activities for all Otsuka products. Karam graduated with a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Population Health) at the University of Montreal (Quebec, Canada) and completed a coveted post-doctoral fellowship in health economics and decision sciences at the Programs for Assessment of Technology in Health – McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada). He served one term on the Innovation and Value Initiative (IVI) Health Equity Initiative Steering Committee from 2021 – 2023 and currently represents Otuska in the advisory board for the Center for the Evaluation of Value and Risk in Health (CEVR). Prior to joining Otsuka, he spent a decade in academia (FAMU & UF) where he served as an Assistant Professor of Health Economics and Outcomes Research and Director of an Applied Pharmacoeconomics Online Masters program at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
