Omar Robles, PhD, MBA — Managing Partner
Expert Witness Economist
Dr. Omar Robles has consulted on numerous commercial litigations concerning prescription pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and dietary supplements. His engagements have concerned antitrust claims and intellectual property matters litigated in US federal and state courts, the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and Canadian courts.
Dr. Robles was previously a Research Fellow and Senior Fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (M-RCBG) at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Dr. Robles’ appointments were in recognition of his expertise in the life sciences industry and the critical role played by regulatory policy. Dr. Robles’ research focuses on the economics of regulatory health policy, product development, and competition in life sciences. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as JAMA, the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics and the Journal of Health Economics. In addition, Dr. Robles routinely publishes articles in health policy and life sciences news sources such as Health Affairs Forefront and Law360 as a life sciences expert. Dr. Robles has also contributed to multiple publications from the American Bar Association.
Dr. Robles has also taught at several universities throughout his career. He provided graduate instruction on regulatory science and drug development at the University of California Berkeley School of Public Health. He has also taught economics and the economics of public policy at Harvard University, Georgetown University, and the University of Maryland-College Park. In 2010, Dr. Robles received the prestigious Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Prize for excellence in teaching from the Harvard Undergraduate Council.
Education:
Harvard University, PhD Economics
Harvard University, AM Economics
DePaul University, MBA
University of Wisconsin-Madison, BBA Economics and Finance
Current Academic Affiliations:
Harvard University Kennedy School of Government
Certificates:
HarvardX by Harvard University, Prescription Drug Regulation, Cost and Access: Current Controversies in Context
HarvardX by Harvard University, United States Health Policy
HarvardX by Harvard University, Data Science: Machine Learning
Previous Academic Affiliations
University of California School of Public Health
Dr. Robles taught a graduate course on the regulation of pharmaceuticals and medical devices
University of Maryland College Park School of Public Policy
- Dr. Robles taught a graduate course on the intersection of microeconomics and policy analysis.
Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy
- Dr. Robles taught a graduate course on behavioral economics and served as a thesis advisor for students working in the intersection of microeconomics and policy.
Harvard University Faculty of Letters & Science
- Dr. Robles taught undergraduate courses in microeconomics, econometrics and finance. Dr. Robles also received the prestigious Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching from the Undergraduate Council.
- Dr. Robles assisted with the teaching of the first-year M.B.A. course on strategy.
Memberships
American Economic Association is a non-profit, non-partisan, scholarly association dedicated to the discussion and publication of economics research.
American Bar Association (ABA) promotes competence, ethical conduct and professionalism, legal education and promotes pro bono and public service by the legal profession. The ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law advances the development and improvement of intellectual property laws and their fair and just administration. The Section furthers the goals of its members by sharing knowledge and balanced insight on the full spectrum of intellectual property law and practice, including patents, trademarks, copyright, design, and trade secrets. The American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section (ABA-ALS) is the leading professional organization for antitrust and competition law, trade regulation, consumer protection and economics. The Diversity.Advanced initiative, a committee in the ABA-ALS, strives to promote three primary goals: (1) grow the population of diverse attorneys and economists in the Section through recruitment; (2) build community amongst diverse members within the Section; (3) increase visibility of diverse members.
Hispanic National Bar Association is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, national membership organization that represents the interests of Hispanic legal professionals in the United States and its territories.
Harvard Latino Alumni Alliance seeks to develop a network and sense of community among current and future Harvard alumni who identify as Latina/o/x; to increase Latino representation throughout the University; and to encourage Latino alumni involvement in University activities and affairs.