Senior Research Consultant
Cytel, Canada
Lydia Vinals, PhD, is a Senior Research Consultant in Evidence, Value, and Access at Cytel Inc., Canada. Dr. Vinals' expertise is in evidence synthesis activities, including systematic literature reviews of clinical, economic, and humanistic data and feasibility assessments for quantitative analyses to demonstrate interventions' comparative efficacy/safety to support health technology assessment submissions. She has also worked on synthesizing evidence to support product value propositions and assessing real-world data sources' suitability for quantitative analyses. At Cytel, Dr. Vinals' responsibilities include leading project teams in the execution of evidence synthesis projects, developing bespoke project proposals for new business opportunities, and supporting thought leadership through external dissemination activities. Her research interests include the use of real-world evidence in comparative effectiveness analyses and, more recently, issues surrounding health equity and diversity. Dr. Vinals' work has been cited by the recent National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) real-world evidence framework. She has experience in various therapeutic areas, including oncology, hematology, ophthalmology, and rare diseases. Dr. Vinals holds a Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of Cambridge.
