Marjan Walli-Attaei
Senior Researcher in Health Economics
Marjan Walli-Attaei joined HERC in mid-October 2022 as a senior researcher in health economics. Working with colleagues at HERC, her current research focuses on the healthcare burden and costs associated with cardiovascular diseases across member countries of the European Society of Cardiology.
Her research interests include measuring inequalities in health and healthcare; access to essential medicines in low- and middle-income countries; and the epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases with a focus on women living in low- and middle-income countries.
Marjan obtained a PhD in Health Policy with a specialisation in Health Economics from McMaster University, Canada, and completed a Postdoctoral fellowship at the Population Health Research Institute, Canada.
Recent publications
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Economic burden of cardiovascular diseases in the European Union: a population-based cost study
LEAL J. et al, (2023), European Heart Journal
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New Approaches Needed to Improve Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Schwalm JD. et al, (2023), JAMA Network Open
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Comparing estimates of household expenditures between pictorial diaries and surveys in three low- and middle-income countries.
Murphy A. et al, (2023), PLOS Glob Public Health, 3
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When the technical is also normative: a critical assessment of measuring health inequalities using the concentration index-based indices
Contoyannis P. et al, (2022), Population Health Metrics, 20
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The cost implications of a polypill for primary prevention in the TIPS-3 trial
Lamy A. et al, (2022), European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes, 8, 899 - 908