Leeza Osipenko, PhD CEO, Consilium Scientific
Dr Osipenko, the member of ACE Global Leaders of Excellence of ACE Health Foundation, gained experience in academia, consulting and public sector before establishing Consilium Scientific in 2020. After completing her PhD in Systems Engineering in the USA, she came to England. Her career started at the University of Warwick Medical School where she worked as Senior Research Fellow on evaluating non-invasive foetal DNA tests. Then she relocated to London and joined a consulting company as Principal Economist leading projects for NICE and other UK public sector departments. Dr Osipenko is an expert in Health Technology Assessment and between 2014 and 2018 she served as a Director of NICE Scientific Advice. Her academic work focuses on examining the status quo of clinical research, through quality improvement, transparency, and methodological rigour. In particular, she is interested in clinical data integrity, health policy, applied clinical research, and clinical trial design. Between 2018 and 2021 Osipenko was a Senior Lecturer in Practice at the London School of Economics (LSE) Department of Health Policy and currently she is a Senior Visiting Fellow at LSE Health. Osipendo serves on the Board of Directors at HealthSenseUK and ISRCTN, she is a non-resident expert at the Center for Global Development. Dr. Osipenko is passionate about mentoring the next generation of doctors, scientists and leaders.