Katharina Hauck, MSc, PhD, is a Professor at Imperial College London. She received her Doctor of Philosophy from the University of York. She is specialized in the economics of infectious diseases and the economic evaluation of complex public health interventions. Her research comprises 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, health system strengthening, and the role of individual behavior in infectious disease transmission.
Katharina 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 (the UK, 1999-2005), and the World Health Organization in Geneva (Switzerland, 1998-1999).