Official account for the Department of Health Policy and LSE Health at the London School of Economics and Political Science. RT's do not mean endorsements.
The
#lockdown
has made parents across the country all too familiar with the challenges of juggling home working with childcare. We are ever inspired by
@clarewenham
and her ability to discuss complex
#covid19
research and parent simultaneously!
#wfh
#keepingitreal
#research
We are delighted to announce that our Head of Department
@MOSSIALOS
will be scientific coordinator for the newly announced Pan-European Commission on Health & Sustainable Development.
Find out more about the project here:
#UnitedActionforBetterHealth
Announcing Pan-European Commission on Health & Sustainable Development
✅On the future of European health & social systems
✅Comprising leaders, policy-makers, scientists & civil society
✅Chair
@SenatoreMonti
, scientific coordinator
@MOSSIALOS
➡️
📣Call for papers ❗️
The European Health Policy Group calls for research on the changing role of the
#healthcare
workforce with a particular focus on multisectoral strategies to enhance resilience across
#Europe
.
📆Deadline for submission: 2 October 2023
For more details 👇
📢Upcoming event with Dr Hergeye, Director General of the Ministry of Health Development of Somaliland.
🎙️Dr Rocco Friebel & Dr Mohamed Abdi Hergeye will discuss challenges of creating adequate health policies in
#Somaliland
.
🔗Register now 👉
New by
@Aris_Angelis
@ojwouters
etl al in
@bmj_latest
'High drug prices are not justified by industry’s spending on research & development.' Arguing that by refocusing their spending drug companies could provide more innovative drugs at better prices.
➡️
What can the battle against
#AIDS
teach us about how to end
#COVID
and future pandemics?
@Winnie_Byanyima
will discuss the need for radical change that will reduce inequalities and improve our ability to deal w/ health crises.
📅3 March 2022
Register now
Congratulations to
@LaiaMaynou
who was recently awarded best paper presented by a young researcher at the 2019
@AesSecretaria
meeting
#JornadasAES
for ‘The creep of the robots.’
📣 In-person attendance now open to the public!
AIDS,
#Covid
and health inequalities
Join tomorrow’s event w/
@UNAIDS
Executive Director
@Winnie_Byanyima
on how we can best prepare to fight future
#pandemics
.
👉 Register here:
📅Tomorrow, 10-11.15am
Kicking off the
#EHPG
meeting today with a keynote from
@StylianidesEU
Prof Stylianides reflects on lessons learned during the
#COVID19
pandemic, and how we need to reform
#WHO
to ensure a global coordinated response to future pandemics.
Want to learn more about pharmaceutical policy and economics? In a new report commissioned by
@HealthFdn
#REAL
Centre, the Department’s Huseyin Naci &
@robinjforrest_
explain pharmaceutical discovery, development, approval and adoption.
➡️ Access here:
The NHS was not prepared for the pandemic. The UK now has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to invest in health and secure a long-term
#FutureNHS
- but how?
📅Register for the launch of a new
@LSEnews
-
@TheLancet
Commission on 7 May 2pm GMT:
A new year calls for a new twitter banner! 🍾Just look at all the lovely ladies and gents (students and faculty) who comprise the
@LSEHealthPolicy
department! Apologies to those who fell victim to twitter dimensions. Here's a video to compensate
#FridayFeeling
🔥🆕Research from Professor
@JoanCostaiFont
suggests that daylight saving time (DST) is taking a significant toll on our health and wellbeing, and it could be costing economies over 750 euros per capita each year.
🔗Read about this research➡️
⏰ How do you feel about losing that extra hour in bed next Sunday?
As the UK and many other countries prepare for the clocks to go forward, Prof
@JoanCostaiFont
of
@LSEHealthPolicy
discusses the impact of daylight saving time on personal wellbeing and economic productivity.
"Put simply: politics is deciding how
#COVID19
is spreading and if people are living or dying"
@ClareWenham
discusses her brand new paper with
@DaviesSaraE
on why we need International Relations to combat
#COVID19
.
Did
#COVID19
make the public more willing to pay for health services in Spain?
@juditvall
of
@FundacioIEB
@ubeconomics
joins us to discuss health and public finance during the
#pandemic
.
Register now:
📅 Tuesday 23 February
⏰ 1 - 2pm (LONDON)
💻
"COVID-19 is not creating new challenges, but magnifying pre-existing challenges to equal
#globalhealth
" -
@RoopaDhatt
from
@womeninGH
kicking off her presentation
How did
#COVID19
affect health expenditure and health outcomes in
#Spain
during the peak of the pandemic? We'll hear from
@juditvall
@FundacioIEB
@ubeconomics
for our next Departmental seminar to learn more.
📆 Tuesday 23 February
⏰ 1 - 2pm (LONDON)
💻
Congratulations to our PhD student
@Arush_Lal
who has been selected as an
@ACTAccelerator
Health Systems Connector Community & Civil Society Representative on behalf of
@womeninGH
!
Well done Arush 🎉🎉🎉
Great to see
@LSEHealthPolicy
’s exec student
@Dr_Khan
get his paper published in
@PLOSONE
👉
'Infective endocarditis post-transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), microbiological profile and clinical outcomes: A systematic review'
@LSEGlobalHealth
The Covid-19 pandemic has hit the older population more than other age cohort but it has also revealed the social value of the elderly across the world. Read the full analysis by
@JoanCostaiFont
here:
@LSEnews
#Coronavirus
#HealthPolicy
🎉 We're delighted to launch our interactive LSE History of Health Policy timeline!
It celebrates contributions our research has made to policies on
#globalhealth
, health
#equalities
, older adults,
#care
and welfare. Click here to view 👉
Did
#COVID19
make the public more willing to pay for health services in Spain?
@juditvall
of
@FundacioIEB
@ubeconomics
joins us to discuss health and public finance during the
#pandemic
.
Register now:
📆 Tuesday 23 February
⏰ 1 - 2pm (LONDON)
💻
📺Save the date 📅 21 June 1-2pm⏰
📝 Register now to attend our next Departmental webinar with
@WorldBank
's Development Research Group Lead Economist
@damiendwa
and Senior Economist
@eeshani_kandpal
.
➡️
Our student
@KVM83
was recently awarded the Brian Abel-Smith prize for best overall performance.
Kalaivani is an interventional cardiologist who has just completed an MSc in Health Economics, Outcomes and Management in
#Cardiovascular
Sciences.
More here
How can global governance of health systems pandemic prevention be improved?😷🦠
A recent
@TheLancet
Comment suggests international institutions should synthesise and share knowledge on which health policies work and which don't.
Read in full here:
We
@LSEHealthPolicy
are proud of the new Brian Abel-Smith Lifetime Achievement Award to honour him as a social welfare pioneer. Nominations reviewed by leading academics, policymakers and practitioners. For prize info .
@LSEGlobalHealth
@LSEnews
#LSEThinks
Congratulations to Prof Martin Knapp
@Knappem
who was awarded a CBE in the
#NewYearHonours
for services to Social Care Research, including his work at
@CPEC_LSE
!
Read more here:
In the wake of
#COVID19
, the UK has a unique opportunity to strengthen its health-care system—but how?
New
@LSEnews
-
@TheLancet
Commission sets out a long-term vision for a
#FutureNHS
.
📅 Join the launch on 7 May 2pm GMT:
💭Is there an association between how much drug companies spend on research & development of drugs 💊& how much they charge for them?🤔
Find out more in new 📝by
@ojwouters
et al. in
@JAMA_current
here:
I’m beyond happy to share that I have been promoted to Professor of Health Economics at
@LSEHealthPolicy
(effective August 2022). I am very grateful to my brilliant colleagues, co-authors, and mentors for their support along this path.
📌 New Job Opportunity
📣 LSE Health is seeking a Research Fellow in Health Economics and Policy to support an exciting EU Horizon project in cardiovascular medicine, called HYPERMARKER.
📆Deadline Sunday, 29 October
🔗More & how to apply here:
📍Department Seminar! 📍
👩🏫Join
@tungohan
'Exploring the Experiences of Health Care Workers During COVID-19 Using Photovoice'
📆 6 Dec 2022
💻Online Via Zoom
🔗Register Today ➡️ ⬅️
Join us on 30 April to mark the launch of our Department. Keynote speeches by Dr Denis Mukwege and Professor Sir Christopher Pissarides. See the full programme and register here:
#healthpolicy
#LSEHealth
#LSEHealthPolicyLaunch
📢🥳 Excited to announce the launch of our 10th
@HoughtonStPress
journal - The Journal of Health Policy and Economics
@johpec_lse
, committed to publishing original research by
@LSEHealthPolicy
students. For more info or to submit a paper 👉
📣Deadline approaching
The European Health Policy Group calls for research on the changing role of the
#healthcare
workforce with a particular focus on multisectoral strategies to enhance resilience across
#Europe
.
📆Before 2 October 2023
For more details 🔽
❗New paper📝
Does the health of older people affect economic outcomes?
These and other questions are addressed in the comparative research on data from 180 countries by
@joncylus
@TayaraAl
👉
Register now for next week's
@LSEGlobalHealth
event:
"The Power to Say Yes, The Right to Say No"
@Atayeshe
@UNFPA
will discuss why sexual and reproductive health and rights are key to advancing human dignity and equality
Monday 29 March, 3-4 PM
💻
Delighted to announce the first in our 2020/2021
#seminar
series! Register below to hear
@DavidCGrabowski
of
@harvardmed
discuss
#COVID19
policy in nursing homes, both in the US and internationally.
📆 Tuesday 20 October
⏰ 1 - 2pm (LONDON)
💻
The
@WHO_Europe
Commission on Health and Sustainable Development has published its first call to action to put systems and societies on the right track after
#COVID19
.
@MOSSIALOS
is the Commission's Scientific Director.
Read it here:
New study by
@valentinaiemmi
out today in
@TheLancetPsych
!
The paper highlights need for increased organisational leadership and understanding, and stronger global governance structure to increase investments in
#mentalhealth
in
#LMICs
.
Read it here:
The Office of Health Economics
@OHENews
and the Department are currently recruiting for a full-time MPhil/Ph.D. studentship, with a start date of October 2024.
📅Deadline 16 February 2024
➡️For more details:
➡️Apply now:
New paper out now in
@LancetGH
by
@ranjeeta_t
et al, exploring the cost-effectiveness of PopART
#HIV
prevention package, combining community home-based testing, linkage-to-care, & ART adherence among others.
@STIRIG_LSHTM
@imperialcollege
Read it here:
Join us TODAY at 2pm (BST) for our panel on
#COVID19
and the huge impact it is having on the UK's ethnic minorities. Thank you
@LSEpublicevents
for providing a platform for these vital conversations on health and social inequalities.
Register here 👉
Public Health England is soon to be disbanded to make way for the National Institute of Health Protection.
@clarewenham
writes for
@LSEpoliticsblog
on why this decision is untimely and problematic 👇
There is a need for robust systems to respond to new challenges the long-term care sector faces in a post-covid world, according to
@CPEC_LSE
’s
@AdelinaCoHe
.
📺If you missed Adelina’s keynote to the
@WHO
framework on
#longtermcare
launch, watch it now:
📌Seminar Alert
📅Thursday 25th May 1-2pm
The High Cost of Treating Asthma & COPD in the United States
👨🏫
@wbfeldman
@PORTAL_Research
💻Online via Zoom
Sign up here ➡️ ⬅️
This study by
@LSEHealthPolicy
’s
@Aris_Angelis
& Panos Kanavos in collaboration with sitting HTA decision-makers from different countries is the first, full MCDA study of its kind eliciting their value preferences with comparative results
@LSEGlobalHealth
Welcome to the LSE Department of Health Policy Launch Event. We will be tweeting throughout the day so make sure you follow us on
@LSEHealthPolicy
and
#LSEHealth
.
The public debate has framed the response to
#COVID19
as a trade-off between lives and livelihoods, between health and the economy. This is a false choice.
Our MSc student
@marinedelgrange
writes for
@LSEGlobalHealth
on a
#healthforall
economy.