Introduction
Katharina Hauck is a Professor in Health Economics and Deputy Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Institute for Disease and Emergency Analytics (Jameel Institute), School of Public Health, Imperial College London. She is specialized in the economics of infectious diseases and the economic evaluation of complex public health interventions. Her research comprises of the core health economics fields of cost-effectiveness analysis, universal health coverage and priority setting. Katharina's broader research interests include the micro- and macro-economic impacts of endemic infectious disease and epidemics, the economics of malaria elimination, and health system strengthening.
Expert
Katharina is an expert in integrated economic epidemiological modelling, and in the evaluation complex public health interventions. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of York (2005). Her previous appointments were at the Business School of Imperial College London (2010-2015), the Department of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Monash University (Australia, 2005-2010), the Centre for Health Economics, University of York (UK, 1999-2005), and the World Health Organization in Geneva (Switzerland, 1998-1999).
Katharina leads several collaborative studies in low-and middle-income countries, including the economic evaluation of HPTN071/PopART, a landmark study on the impact of a combination prevention package on population-level HIV incidence in Zambia and South Africa, and STARmeds, a study on falsified and substandard medicines in Indonesia. She is co-convener of the economic analysis for the Infected Blood Inquiry in the United Kingdom. Katharina is also a member of several senior expert advisory groups, and an associate editor for the journal 'Health Economics'. She was previously co-chair for Economics of The Global Fund's Modelling Secretariat for the investment case of the 6th replenishment, and a Postdoctoral Fellow of the Australian Research Council.
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Fields of expertise: Economic policy / inclusive economic development, Evidence for policy / knowledge valorization, Health and wellbeing, Policy design and delivery