University of Florida Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy
Pilar Hernández Con, was born and raised in Costa Rica. She completed her medical school at the University of Costa Rica. She practiced as a Primary Care physician for a few years before moving the the US. She received her Masters in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania in December 2021. She is currently a second-year PhD student at the Department of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, University of Florida. Her current research focuses on access to care and direct-acting antiviral medications in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV). She is interested in studying drug utilization patterns and safety of psychotropics in Costa Rica and other low- and middle- income countries.