Eleonora Fichera

Eleonora Fichera is Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Bath's Department of Economics. She holds an honorary position at the University of Manchester and serves as co-Editor of Health Economics. Her research investigates socio-economic determinants of health in high and low-middle income countries, pollution effects, health behaviors, and gender in academia.

Her work spans the economics of health and applied micro-econometrics, with focus areas including social determinants of health, pollution impacts, early-life health shocks, and gender disparities. She leads the 'Social Determinants of Health' research theme and has secured funding from MRC, ESRC, and NIHR.

Fichera's recent publications analyze low-emission zones, parental leave policies, pandemic dietary shifts, and health financing systems. She supervises doctoral students in health economics, education-health linkages, and policy evaluation.

• Awards: MRC Early Career Fellowship in Economics of Health (2013-2016)