About me
Dr. Carla Rodriguez-Watson is the Scientific Director of the Innovation in Medical Evidence Development and Surveillance (IMEDS) program at the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA. The Foudation’s mission is to advance FDA’s mission to modernize product development, accelerate innovation, and enhance product safety. The IMEDS program is a transformational public-private partnership focused on accelerating and improving real world evidence generation for risk/benefit assessment of medical products. Carla, an epidemiologist by training, is grateful to bring 25 years of experience in the use of observational data for public health and health services research to help advance the public health mission of the Foundation and the FDA.
