Bio:

Olena Izhak is a postdoctoral researcher at Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) at  Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf. She holds a master degree in finance from the National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”, Ukraine, an MBA from Sabanci University, Turkey and a doctorate in economics from University of Helsinki, Finland. Her research interests are industrial organization and health economics, with a focus on pharmaceutical markets, innovation and long term care.