Rok Hren is currently a Board Member of ISPOR (The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research, Lawrenceville, NJ, USA). He received his PhD in Physiology and Biophysics from Dalhousie University, Canada and MSc in International Health Policy (Health Economics) with Distinction from London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, while he was a Post-doctoral Fellow at Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah Medical School, USA. Rok Hren has also more than 15 years of commercial experience in pharmaceutical industry, with more than 12 years on a board level.