SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Patient Experience Project (PEP), a marketing and communications firm, has announced the hiring of Jamey Hardesty, MPH.
Hardesty joins PEP as an associate medical director. He is responsible for managing the strategic direction and quality control for the medical and scientific content across all network channels, including medical education, professional, online and offline promotional, digital and managed markets.
In his role, Hardesty also educates the agency team on various disease states, treatments, clinical trials, and new products and indications.
Before joining PEP, Hardesty worked for a pharmaceutical marketing agency, providing medical strategy for a variety of disease states, including acute and chronic pain, infertility medicine, and orphan and rare diseases. Previously, he was a pandemic influenza epidemiologist with the Michigan Department of Community Health Division of Communicable Diseases.
Hardesty earned his Master of Public Health degree from the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree in microbiology, molecular genetics, and human biology from Michigan State University. Currently, he is working on his MBA at SUNY Albany.
Outside of work, Hardesty is the vice chairperson for the associate board of directors of The Community Hospice Foundation serving New York’s Capital Region. He also volunteers for Code Blue Homeless Shelter in Saratoga Springs, and the Double H Ranch in Lake Luzerne.
Hardesty has been selected as a 2017 “40 under 40” honoree by the Albany Business Review, an award that recognizes individuals who demonstrate exceptional business acumen, leadership skills, and community involvement.
