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ECEVE team of INSERM and of the University of Paris 7 that is dedicated to
provide evidence for decision-making for vulnerable groups of people. She is
also the head of the ERASM team that is conducting research in mental health
services and economics.
Karen Berg Brigham, JD/MPH, is a health policy analyst at URC Eco Ile-de-
France. She obtained her law degree from the University of Miami School
of Law, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. Her masters in
public health is from the École des Hautes Etudes en Santé Publique (EHESP),
where she has also served as a lecturer on international comparisons of health
systems. She began her health policy career in Washington, United States before
moving to France. Her work at URC Eco has included European projects on
rare diseases, financing of research on noncommunicable diseases and health
technology assessment.
Isabelle Durand-Zaleski, is a medical doctor and Professor in Public Health.
She conducted her PhD research in economics and management at Paris IX
University. She holds a Masters in Public Health from Harvard University and
a diploma from the Political Study Institute of Paris (Institut d’Etudes Politiques
de Paris). She has been the head of the Evaluation Department in the National
Health Authority. She is currently head of the Paris Health Economics and
Health Services Research Units and of the Department of Public Health at
Henri Mondor Hospital.
Cristina Hernández-Quevedo, is Technical Officer/Research Fellow at the
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (WHO), LSE Health,
London. She holds a PhD in Economics and an MSc in Health Economics from
the University of York, United Kingdom. Research interests include inequalities
in health and lifestyle factors, equity in access to health and social care services
and socioeconomic determinants of health. She has published articles on these
topics in internationally recognized scientific journals.