Josep Figueras
Josep Figueras Marimont (born in Medinya, 16 September 1963) is a Spanish physician, health policy expert, and health services researcher who serves as the director of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies.
Biography
Born in Medinyà, Girona, Spain, Josep was educated at the University of Barcelona where he received his medical degree with honors in 1983, after which he specialized in family medicine in 1987 at the University of Valencia. He proceeded to move to the United Kingdom where he obtained a Master of Public Health from the University of Leeds, and a MSc and Ph.D. (econ) in health planning and financing from the London School of Economics and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, wherefore he worked as a lecturer and MSc course director in Health Services Management and Policy.[1]
Professional career
He is the Founding Director and Head of the European Centre for Health Policy of the World Health Organization, also known as the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, a leading think tank in public health. He has acted as a policy adviser in more than 40 countries within the European region and beyond and has served the European Commission and the World Bank. He is part of several governing, advisory and editorial boards, including the presidential position on the board of accreditation of the Agency for Public Health Education Accreditation and member of the board of the European Health Forum Gastein.[2] He is currently a visiting professor at Imperial College London.[3]
Health systems and policies research
His research focuses on comparative health system and policy analysis. He is an editor of the Observatory series published by the
Honors and awards
Figueras is an honorary fellow of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine (United Kingdom) and was Director of the MSc in Health Services Management and lecturer at the
Select Bibliography
- Saltman, Richard B., Josep Figueras, and World Health Organization. "European health care reform: analysis of current strategies." (1997).
References
- ^ http://semmelweis.hu/hirek/files/2016/11/Laudation_DrHC-Josep-Figueras.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "EHFG — Josep Figueras".
- ^ "WHO/Europe | Josep Figueras". www.euro.who.int. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "WHO/Europe | Josep Figueras". www.euro.who.int. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "WHO/Europe | Editorial Board". www.euro.who.int. Archived from the original on 15 July 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Aspher - Andrija Štampar Medal".
- ^ "Six professors received the Doctor Honoris Causa Award of Semmelweis University". 16 November 2016.
- ^ http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/374659/obs-20th-anniversary-eng.pdf?ua=1 [bare URL PDF]