David Lugo-Palacios

Dr David Lugo-Palacios is a Visiting Fellow at LSE Health (London School of Economics and Political Science) and an Assistant Professor in Health Economics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). He co-leads the Policy Evaluation theme within the Global Health ECOnomics (GHECO) centre at LSHTM. Additionally, he holds an Honorary Research Fellowship at Imperial College London. His research focuses on policy evaluation, applied microeconometrics, and the use of electronic health records with quasi-experimental methods to identify treatment effects. He has professional experience in Mexico’s public sector (e.g., Mexico City Finance Ministry) and private consultancy firms in public finance.

Education:

• Bachelor’s in Economics (ITAM, Mexico)
• MSc in Health Economics and Policy (Barcelona Graduate School of Economics)
• PhD in Health Economics (LSHTM)

Research Interests:

• Evaluation of healthcare policies
• Health microeconometrics
• Healthcare financing systems
• Quality measurement in healthcare

His work bridges theoretical econometrics and practical policy analysis, with applications to electronic health data.

Labs/Teams: Active in the Global Health ECOnomics (GHECO) centre at LSHTM and collaborates across institutions in health economics research.