Inma Hernandez is a pharmaceutical policy scholar who currently serves as Senior Advisor Drug Prices at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). At CMS, she oversees the federal pharmaceutical policy portfolio. Hernandez is on leave from her academic appointment at the University of California San Diego, where she leads a research program at the intersection of health services research, pharmaceutical policy, and pharmacoepidemiology. Hernandez has authored over 150 peer-reviewed articles  and her research been recognized with multiple national and international awards. Hernandez is a pharmacist by training and earned her PhD in Health Services Research and Policy from the University of Pittsburgh.