RAMONA BURRESS, Senior Director, Head of Patient Engagement & Insights, Takeda Pharmaceuticals

Ramona Burress is the Head of Patient Engagement and Insights, Center for Health Equity and Patient Affairs (HEPA) at Takeda Pharmaceuticals. She leads the Center’s work with internal Takeda teams to provide global, longitudinal patient insights and increased knowledge of patients’ needs, beliefs and expectations through engagement. Ramona is a licensed clinical pharmacist and accomplished leader with 20+ years of experience in advancing positive patient outcomes and equity within healthcare.

Most recently, Ramona served as Director, Diversity & Inclusion in Clinical Trials, at Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, where she designed external stakeholder partnerships critical to increasing participation of underrepresented and underserved populations in clinical research. Her results-driven approach was mastered in a former role as a Healthcare Specialty Supervisor with Walgreens Pharmacy in which she employed her extensive medical and business knowledge to serve the needs of patients with complicated health conditions.