Blythe Adamson, PhD, MPH
Health Economist · Policy Advisor · Data Scientist
Where does a dollar, a drug, or an AI tool create the most value and health for society & why do we keep getting it wrong?
Expertise That Moves Markets and Saves Lives
Four pillars of impact anchored by high-stakes decision-making under uncertainty.
High-Stakes Decision-Making
The scientist who leaders call when the data is uncertain and the stakes are real, from advising the President on pandemic strategy to helping AI organizations prioritize where to create the most health value for society.
Proving What Works & What It’s Worth
Building the economic evidence that drugs, AI tools, vaccines, and policies need to justify their price and secure reimbursement. Crafting payer value stories across jurisdictions.
Real-World Evidence
Turning messy, real-world patient data (EHR, claims, and more) into rigorous evidence. Unique international depth across Europe and Japan, navigating GDPR, APPI, and local-language clinical documentation.
Speaking & Thought Leadership
International keynotes on high-stakes decision-making under uncertainty, accessible science writing, and ideas en route to a TED stage.
As Seen In
The White House / C-SPAN · CNBC · BBC · Bloomberg · GMA · MSNBC · Fox Business · NPR · The Atlantic · Vanity Fair · Rolling Stone · The New York Times · USA Today · Business Insider
The Scientist Who Leaders Call for High-Stakes Decisions
From advising the President during COVID-19 to evaluating AI systems for cancer care across four countries, I’ve spent my career at the intersection of health economics, data science, and policy — building the evidence base that moves both markets and medicine.
Through Infectious Economics, I work with government agencies, pharmaceutical companies, AI organizations, and financial services firms navigating complex decisions where the data is uncertain and the stakes are real.
What Leaders Say
“Dr. Blythe Adamson is the rare scientist who can sit in a room with decision-makers at the highest level, cut through the noise, and tell them what actually matters. I’ve seen her do it under real pressure.”
— Bob Iger, Former Chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company
“In the Roosevelt Room [at The White House], Hassett, CEA economist Tyler Goodspeed, Birx, and others combed through Adamson’s data and assumptions. They grilled her on everything, and she offered quick, concrete, and confident answers. By the end of the session, Hassett and Birx believed that Adamson’s methodology was credible and that her projections could be accurate.”
— Jared Kushner in Breaking History: A White House Memoir
“Working with the most complex health data, [Blythe] coded in six languages and spun models out of her brain. She could speak both in health and economics fluently: trade-offs, dynamic assumptions, deep analytics.”
— Andy Slavitt, former Obama CMS Acting Administrator, in Preventable
“I don’t understand the math, but I didn’t need to because she [Blythe] understood it, and more importantly, she could explain the implications to me and the FEMA teams.”
— Admiral Brett Giroir in Memoir of a Pandemic
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