Cynthia L. Gong received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the USC School of Pharmacy and completed a residency in pharmacoeconomics at the VA Northern California Healthcare System. She subsequently earned her Doctor of Philosophy in health economics from the USC School of Pharmacy. She previously served as a research faculty member at the USC Keck School of Medicine and as Senior Pharmacoeconomics Advisor for Stanford Healthcare. Cynthia has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles with a focus primarily on economic evaluation, discrete choice, and health-related quality-of-life.