LSE Health Policy

📣 We’re Hiring! LSE Fellow in Health Policy 🩺 Contribute to the scholarship and intellectual life of the Department and LSE by conducting teaching and research. 2yr role | £43k-£52k | ⏳Deadline 11 June 2026 🔗 A𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐰: bit.ly/42L4FvH

LSE Health hosts @hcpearson & @deb_cohen on 2 June for a discussion on evidence, medicine and policy — followed by audience Q&A, drinks reception and book signing. 📍 Wolfson Theatre, LSE | 6.30pm 🎟️ 🔗 bit.ly/41LH2CG

Are AI diagnostics actually cost-effective across Europe's diverse health systems? 🤔 #LSEHealth is hiring a Research Officer in Economic Evaluation to find out, as part of the €27m EuroHeartPath project. APPLY BEFORE 7 JUNE 2026: 👉 bit.ly/48NLrch

At a time when trust in institutions is under strain, the question of how we know what works in health has rarely mattered more. #LSEHealth hosts @hcpearson & @deb_cohen on 2 June. 🎟️ 🔗bit.ly/41LH2CG

📢𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 What can 30 years inside the NHS teach us about health policy, practice, and inequality today? 📅19 May 📷Zoom & in-person 🔗Register: bit.ly/4njqVWO #ValueBasedHealthcare

LSE HEALTH IS HIRING 💼 Research Officer in Economic Evaluation in the AI + Digital Unit 🏥 Lead health economics & policy work at #LSEHealth 🔬 3yr role | £43k-£52k | PhD-level expertise | Deadline 7 June 2026 Apply now 👉bit.ly/48NLrch

Passionate about health economics in Africa? 🌍 #LSEHealth is still looking for a Research Officer to lead Wellcome-funded research on diagnostics access.🔍Closing on Sunday 10 May.⏰ Apply now:👉 bit.ly/48kRKU6 #HealthEconomics @AfHEA_Africa

Helen Pearson is European Science Journalist of the Year 2025, editor at @nature, author of Beyond Belief — which traces how evidence-based thinking spread from medicine into policy, education and beyond. She joins #LSEHealth on 2 June 🎟️ 🔗 bit.ly/41LH2CG

Still open! 📢 #LSEHealth is recruiting a Research Officer in African health economics and diagnostics. 3-year Wellcome-funded post. Closes 10 May. Apply now: 👉 bit.ly/48kRKU6 #HealthEconomics

NEW RESEARCH 🦟 Digitalising a malaria prevention programme reaching 1.5M children cost just $0.66 extra per child & it's falling. First economic evidence of its kind, by #LSEHealth + @FightingMalaria :👉 bit.ly/4tyeAjO #Malaria #GlobalHealth #DigitalHealth

How do we translate evidence into practice — and what happens when it collides with political reality? @hcpearson & @deb_cohen discuss at LSE Health on 2 June. Audience Q&A and book signing to follow. 🔗bit.ly/41LH2CG

NEW: #LSEHealth welcomes @hcpearson, author of Beyond Belief, in conversation with @deb_cohen on how medicine embraced evidence-based thinking — and what the future holds. 📍 LSE | 2 June | 6.30pm 🎟️ 🔗 bit.ly/41LH2CG

⏳ Deadline approaching! LSE Health's 2026 Longevity Economy Workshop closes for submissions 1 May 2026. Keynote: Prof Jim Poterba (MIT/NBER). Co-organised with UPenn PARC. Send papers to 📧 n.raut@lse.ac.uk #LSEHealth 🔗bit.ly/47oUnUs

5 days left! ⏰ #LSEHealth still accepting applications for 2 fully funded PhD positions in African health economics & diagnostics. MSc in economics/health economics required. Don't miss it 👉 bit.ly/4bio6Ql #PhDOpportunity #AHEaD #LSE

LSE Health turns 30. LSE turns 130. And we're recognising four scholars whose careers embody what both institutions stand for: knowledge in service of society. 🎓 Congratulations to all four awardees.

The Walter Holland Lifetime Achievement Award honours exceptional contributions to public health research and its real-world impact. This year's recipients are Prof Lisa Berkman and Prof Martin McKee.

Announcing the winners of the 2026 LSE Health Lifetime Achievement Awards 🏆 Brian Abel-Smith Award: Prof Anthony Culyer & Prof Robert Evans/ Walter Holland Award: Prof Lisa Berkman & Prof Martin McKee Announced as LSE Health turns 30 🎂 Full details: bit.ly/4mEOdWR

Join LSE Health Policy & Statistics for the first In‑Practice public lecture: 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐈 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 With Akber Tahir, CEO & Founder of Pharmovo AI and LSE Generate Startup of the Year 2025. 📅 7 May 2026 🔗 Register now: bit.ly/48QBHO9

Delighted to share that MSc Global Health Policy alumna Prakriti Dhakal (Class of 2024/25) has recently been appointed Under Secretary at Nepal’s Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers 🎉 We’re incredibly proud and look forward to all she will go on to achieve!