"DISCUSSING GLOBAL AND LOCAL APPLICATIONS OF ECONOMICS TO HEALTH TOGETHER"
Everyone is welcome!
Everyone is welcome!
Researchers, students, and practitioners across disciplines come together in this seminar series to discuss global and local applications of economics to health. The Global Health Economics (GHEcon) Seminar Series is part of the MEDISS doctoral program and the Wahlfachtrack Global Health, an elective specialization for medical students, at the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health of the Heidelberg University Hospital and Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University. Organization: Stefan Kohler and Manuela De Allegri. Please contact stefan.kohler and manuela.deallegri (at) uni-heidelberg.de with a short introduction and motivation to attend the seminar for subscribing to the GHEcon mailing list, which contains web seminar links. For students: 1 seminar = 0.1 SWS. For a confirmation of attendance as a doctoral student, please contact the organizers with a pre-filled MEDISS form of all attended seminars at the end of the semester. For a confirmation of attendance as Wahlfachtrack student, please contact the Wahlfachtrack administrator at the end of the semester.
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Eliana Chavarría-Pino, Division of Population Health, Health Services Research & Primary Care, University of Manchester
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Assoc. Prof. Jacob Bor, Departments of Global Health and Epidemiology, Boston University
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Prof. Nikkil Sudharsanan, Behavioral Sciences in Prevention and Care, TUM School of Medicine and Health, Technische Universität München
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Tilman Rüppel, medmissio – Institut für Gesundheit weltweit
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Asst. Prof. Cyprian M. Mostert, Department of Population Health and Brain and Mind Institute, Aga Khan University.
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Assoc. Prof. Mahesh Karra, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Asst. Prof. Marc Lerchenmüller, University of Mannheim Business School & Research associate, Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Asst. Prof. Silvia Angerer, Institute for Management and Economics in Healthcare, UMIT TIROL
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Dr. Abdulkadir Civan, Department of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg,
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Assoc. Prof. Jennifer Seager, Department of Global Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Assoc. Prof. Igna Bonfrer, Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management & Erasmus Centre for Health Economics Research, Erasmus University Rotterdam
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Felix Amberg, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University
Next available dates:
(21.08.2025 summer break)
18.09.2025
15.01.2026 You?
16.04.2026
21.05.2026
18.06.2026
16.07.2026
(20.08.2026 summer break)
17.09.2026
15.10.2026
19.11.2026
17.12.2026
Working on a GHEcon topic? We are inviting future presentations on an ongoing basis. Please contact stefan.kohler and manuela.deallegri (at) uni-heidelberg.de with a short summary of the work you would like to present.
(12:00‒13:00 INF 130.3 K12) Prof. Ariel D. Stern, Faculty of Digital Engineering, University of Potsdam and the Hasso Plattner Institute
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Dr. Florian M. Marx, Division of Infectious Disease and Tropical Medicine, Centre for Infectious Diseases, Heidelberg University
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Dr. Carlo Federici, Centre for Research on Health and Social Care Management (CERGAS), SDA Bocconi School of Management, Bocconi University
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Assoc. Prof. Simiao Chen, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Dr. Louise Biddle, German Socio-Economic Panel study Research Infrastructure, DIW Berlin
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Jun. Prof. Dr. Tim Dorlach, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Bayreuth
(12:00‒13:00 INF 130.3 K12 & web) Jun. Prof. Dr. Martin Siegel, Department of Empirical Health Economics, Faculty VII - Economics and Management, Technische Universität Berlin and Committee for International Cooperation, German Association for Health Economics (dggö)
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Prof. Stefan Listl, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University & Radboud University Medical Center
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Prof. Wilm Quentin, Planetary & Public Health, University of Bayreuth
(12:00‒13:00 INF 130.3 K11 & web) Assoc. Prof. Shehzad Ali, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Western Centre for Public Health & Family Medicine, Western University
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Prof. Josefien van Olmen, Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, University of Antwerp
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Assoc. Prof. Minjiang Guo, Institute of Medical Information, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College
(12:00‒13:00 INF130.2 K18 & web) Assoc. Prof. Mihály Tamás Borsi, Department of Economics and Finance, IQS School of Management, Universitat Ramon Llull
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Assoc. Prof. Agata Kocia, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw
(17:00‒18:00 web seminar) Prof. Karen Eggleston, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center and Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University and NBER
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Dr. Stefan Kohler, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Dr. Fiammetta Bozzani, Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Dr. Rachel Cassidy, Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Dr. Nikita Arora, Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Dr. Hoa Nguyen, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Prof. Owen O'Donnell, Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Dr. Dominik Naeher, Department of Development Economics, Centre for Modern Indian Studies, University of Göttingen
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(16:00‒17:00 web seminar) Prof. Saverio Stranges, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University
(12:30‒13:30 hybrid) Prof. John F. P. Bridges, Departmental of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Prof. Gernot Müller, School of Business and Economics, University of Tübingen
(17:00‒18:30 web seminar) Prof. James Kahn, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Dr. Kavita Singh, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Prof. Nadja Meisterhans, Karlshochschule International University
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Dr. Francisco Pozo Martin, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Dr. Claudia Pereira, Departamento de Administracao e Planejamento em Saúde, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca (ENSP)/Fiocruz
(16:00‒17:00 web seminar) Assoc. Prof. Shehzad Ali, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Western Centre for Public Health & Family Medicine, Western University
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Dr. Kai Barron, WZB Social Science Center, Berlin
(16:00‒17:00 web seminar) Dr. Zabir Hasan, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Dr. Charbel El Bcheraoui, Evidence-based Public Health, Centre for International Health Protection, Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Prof. Johanna Hanefeld, Centre for International Health Protection (ZIG), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Dr. Jan-Walter de Neve, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Assoc. Prof. Sun-Young Kim, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Dr. Corinna Hartung, Department of Economics, LMU Munich
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Assoc. Prof. Aleksandra Torbica, Department of Social and Political Sciences, Bocconi University
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Dr. Charlotte Probst, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Dr. Saima Bashir, Department of Infectious Diseases, Section Clinical Tropical Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Prof. Manuela De Allegri, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Assoc. Prof. Atonu Rabbani, Department of Economics, University of Dhaka
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Eduardo Andrés Alfonso-Sierra, Centre for Medicine and Society (ZMG), University of Freiburg
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Dr. Martin Rudasingwa, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Dr. Sumit Mazumdar, Global Health Economics Group, Centre for Health Economics, University of York. Related literature: Mazumdar, S. Now More Than Ever: Considering Health System Reforms in the Post-COVID 19 Scenario. Ind. J. Labour Econ. (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41027-020-00272-z
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Dr. Inke Mathauer, Department of Health Systems Governance and Financing, World Health Organization
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Prof. Stefan Listl, Quality and Safety of Oral Health Care, Radboud University & Translational Health Economics, Heidelberg University
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Dr. Matthias Arnold, Institute for Applied Health Services Research, Berlin
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Prof. Gernot Müller, School of Business and Economics, University of Tübingen
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(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Dr. Lennart Kaplan, German Development Institute
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Dr. Martin Rudasingwa, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Dr. Remco van de Pas, Department of Health Ethics and Society, Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University
(K16) Louise Biddle & Katharina Wahedi, Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, Heidelberg University
(12:00‒13:00 K11) Prof. David Warburton, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California
(K16) Dr. Nikkil Sudharsanan, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University
(12:00‒13:00 K17) Dr. Renzo Guinto, PH Lab, Philippines & Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp
(K16) Dr. Stefan Kohler, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University
(K16) Lisa Rogge, Research Training Group Globalization and Development, Leibniz Universität Hannover
(K16) Dr. Zubin Shroff, Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, World Health Organization
(K16) Pamela Wronski, Department of General Practice, and Health Services Research, Heidelberg University Hospital
(K15) J.-Prof. Joseph Dieleman, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), University of Washington
(12:00‒13:00 web seminar) Prof. Alan Whiteside, School of International Policy and Governance, Wilfrid Laurier University & Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo Ontario
(K16) Dr. Diletta Parisi, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University
(K16) Dr. Christoph Strupat, German Development Institute
Denny John, Campbell Collaboration & Dr. Stefan Kohler, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University
(K16) Dr. Karla Hernandez-Villafuerte, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) & Jana Mader, Heidelberg University Hospital
(K18) Eelco Jacobs, Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) of the Netherlands
(K18) Dr. Jan Koetsenruijter, Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, Heidelberg University
(K16) Dr. Stéphane Verguet, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
(K17) Ruben Sakowsky, Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen
(K17) J.-Prof. Andreas Landmann, Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Göttingen
(K18) Dr. Simiao Chen, Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University
(K17) Siddharth Srivastava, Health Systems Support Unit, Swiss Centre for International Health
(K17) Katharina Richert & Lennart Kaplan, Alfred-Weber-Institute for Economics, Heidelberg University & RTG Globalization and Development University of Göttingen
(K17) Prof. Günther Fink, Household Economics and Health System Research Unit, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
(K17) Dr. Markus Haacker, Department for Global Health and Population, Harvard School for Public Health & Centre for Global Health Economics, University College London
(K17) Collins Chansa, Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University & Health, Nutrition & Population Global Practice, World Bank Group
(K17) Dr. Yusuke Matsuyama, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Department of Global Health Promotion
(K17) Louise Bartelt, Department of General Practice and Health Services Research, Heidelberg University
(K17) Dr. Declan French, Queen's Management School
(K17) Dr. Jan-Walter de Neve, Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University
(K17) Prof. Michael Schlander, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Division of Health Economics
Dr. Stephan Brenner, Institute of Public Health, Heidelberg University
Prof. Jürgen Maurer, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne
Pamela Wronski, Department of General Practice, and Health Services Research, Heidelberg University Hospital
The GHEcon Seminars and the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health are on the Campus Im Neuenheimer Feld (INF) of Heidelberg University.
GHEcon Seminars are usually from noon to 1 pm online or in the Marsilius-Arkaden, South Tower, INF 130.2, 1st floor, rooms 203–205 (K16–K18). The Marsilius-Arkaden are a complex of three high-rise buildings on the new campus of Heidelberg University. Please enter through the West Tower (INF 130.3) which is the main building with a cafeteria, go to first floor and then use the outdoor bridge to the South Tower (INF 130.2).
The Heidelberg Institute of Global Health is located at different sites on the new campus of Heidelberg University. Most offices are in the Marsilius-Arkaden, West Tower, INF 130.3, 6th floor.