Mrs Ulla Griffiths (nee Kou)MSc

Lecturer in Health Economics

• Affiliation
• Teaching
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Ulla's primary expertice is on economic evaluation of health care interventions, in particular vaccines. Ulla has undertaken economic evaluations on numerous vaccines, primarily in low- and middle-income countries. She has considerable experience in treatment cost data collection, health related quality of life measurements and development of cost-effectiveness models. During 2006-2009, Ulla was Director of cost-effectiveness for the Hib Initiative, a project funded by the GAVI Alliance to expedite decision making about Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine in GAVI eligible countries. In addition to the work on vaccines, Ulla is also involved in economic evaluations of weight management interventions and eye care treatments.

Prior to joining LSHTM, Ulla worked for a health economics consultancy company in Denmark, and she spent six years at the World Health Organization in Geneva. Ulla has an MSc in Development Economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and an MSc in Economics from Copenhagen University. She expects to receive her PhD degree in early 2012.

Affiliation

• Department of Global Health and Development
• Faculty of Public Health and Policy

Teaching

Ulla is a module organiser on the Distance Learning Health Care Evaluation MSc module and she is a tutor for students studying for an MSc in Health Policy, Planning & Financing.

Research

Ulla's research focuses on the cost-effectiveness and financing of vaccines. Specific reseach topics include development of infectious disease models to be used for cost-effectiveness analysis, analysis of treatment cost data at various levels of the health care system, health seeking behaviour studies and assessment of health sector financing options.

• Selected publications

• Economic evaluations of adult weight management interventions: A systematic literature review focusing on methods used for determining health impacts

  Griffiths, UK; Anigbogu, B; Nanchahal, K;

  Applied health economics and health policy, In Press;

• How can measles eradication strengthen health care systems?

  Griffiths, U.K. ; Mounier-Jack, S. ; Oliveira-Cruz, V. ; Balabanova, D. ; Hanvoravongchai, P. ; Ongolo, P. ;

  J Infect Dis, 2011; 204 Suppl 1:S78-81

• Impact of measles elimination activities on immunization services and health systems: findings from six countries.

  Hanvoravongchai, P. ; Mounier-Jack, S. ; Oliveira Cruz, V. ; Balabanova, D. ; Biellik, R. ; Kitaw, Y. ; Koehlmoos, T. ; Loureiro, S. ; Molla, M. ; Nguyen, H. ; Ongolo-Zogo, P. ; Sadykova, U. ; Sarma, H. ; Teixeira, M. ; Uddin, J. ; Dabbagh, A. ; Griffiths, U.K. ;

  J Infect Dis, 2011; 204 Suppl 1:S82-9

• Comparative economic evaluation of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination in Belarus and Uzbekistan.

  Griffiths, U.K. ; Clark, A. ; Shimanovich, V. ; Glinskaya, I. ; Tursunova, D. ; Kim, L. ; Mosina, L. ; Hajjeh, R. ; Edmond, K. ;

  PLoS One, 2011; 6(6):e21472

• Incremental costs of introducing jet injection technology for delivery of routine childhood vaccinations: Comparative analysis from Brazil, India, and South Africa.

  Griffiths, U.K.; Santos, A.C.; Nundy, N.; Jacoby, E.; Matthias, D.;

  Vaccine, 2010;

• Incremental system costs of introducing combined DTwP-hepatitis B-Hib vaccine into national immunization services in Ethiopia.

  Griffiths, U.K.; Korczak, V.S.; Ayalew, D.; Yigzaw, A.;

  Vaccine, 2009; 27(9):1426-32

• Economic evaluations of Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine: systematic review of the literature.

  Griffiths, U.K.; Miners, A.;

  Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res, 2009; 9(4):333-46

• The cost-effectiveness of alternative polio immunization policies in South Africa.

  Griffiths, U.K.; Botham, L.; Schoub, B.D.;

  Vaccine, 2006; 24(29-30):5670-8

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