معرفی
Catia Nicodemo is Associate Professor at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford, and Professor of Health Economics at Brunel Business School, Brunel University London. Her work spans health economics, applied econometrics, labour economics, and policy evaluation.
Education
- Ph.D. in Economics – Tor Vergata University
- M.A. in Economics – Tor Vergata University
- B.A. in Economics – Tor Vergata University
Research Interests
Her research agenda centres on health systems efficiency, healthcare workforce policy, and socio-economic determinants of health. She investigates primary care delivery, inequalities in access and outcomes, and the impact of immigration on health services using large-scale administrative and clinical datasets.
Key thematic areas include:
- General-practice workforce planning (GP supply, overseas recruitment, ARRS roles)
- Policy evaluation of NHS reforms and reimbursement schemes
- Pharmaco-epidemiology of antibiotics, opioids, chronic-disease medications
- COVID-19 effects on hospital utilisation, cancer care, mental health
- Maternal and child health outcomes, immigrant health, labour-market interactions
Research Funding & Grants
Catia leads or co-investigates projects funded by:
- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
- Horizon Europe & Horizon 2020
- Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
- Moderna, AstraZeneca, KholPharma (industry contracts)
- CRES-UPF, IZA Institute of Labor Economics (fellowships)
Current grants cover RSV vaccination cost-effectiveness, emergency-department waiting times, multimorbidity inequalities, maternal mental health, hospital winter resilience, and immigration-health linkages.
Teaching & Capacity Building
She delivers the biannual Health Econometrics and Policy Evaluation course at Oxford and teaches Healthcare Policy, Business Research Methods, and Environmental Economics at Brunel. She has also designed and lectured modules at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, University of Verona, LUISS and Tor Vergata.
PhD Supervision
Catia welcomes applications from prospective Master’s and PhD students interested in health economics, econometrics, and policy evaluation. Interested candidates are encouraged to contact her directly via email.
