In her Chief Scientist role, Dr. Mittmann is responsible for ensuring that CDA (a.ka. CADTH) actively learns, ensures rigour and quality, mobilizes evidence, and links science to strategy. In her Scientific Evidence, Methodologies and Resources role, Nicole leads CDA’s shared science groups, including the Science and Methods, Health Economics, Research Information Services, Publishing, Early Scientific Advice and Real-World Evidence teams.

In her academic capacity, Dr. Mittmann holds an MSc and PhD in pharmacology from the University of Toronto. She holds a faculty position as an assistant professor at the University of Toronto in the Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology; and is cross-appointed to the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. She is also an associate scientist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada. Dr. Mittmann has conducted and collaborated on notable research in the areas of economic evaluations, outcomes research, and drug/patient safety. Research methodologies include the examination of large databases, economic methodologies, and decision analysis.

She likes to link, leverage and liberate data and evidence.