Dr Virginia Wiseman BEc(Hons) PhD
- LSHTM
- 15-17 Tavistock Place
- London
- WC1H 9SH
- T: +44-207-927-2176
I began working as a health economist with LSHTM in 2001 and since that time have worked primarily on the economics of malaria. Prior to coming to the school I worked in a health economics research unit at The Univeristy of Sydney, Australia where I collaborated on a range of health economics projects focussing on equity, indigenous health care financing and priority setting in health care.
Affiliation
Teaching
I am the Module Organiser for GHP101 The Economics of Global Health Policy which is part of the Global Health Policy MSc. I am also deputy module organiser for PH101 Introduction to Health Economics which is part of the Public Health MSc. Each year, colleagues and I also run a distance learning programme in health care financing for UNICEF that involves an 8 week on line course and a 2 week face to face workshop in London. Finally, Lorna Guinness and I are co-editors of 'Introduction to Health Economics' - a textbook used for distance learning (PH103) and face to face teaching on health economics at LSHTM and elsewhere.
Research
I am currently lead principal investigator on a study investigating the cost-effectiveness of provider interventions to improve health worker practice in providing treatment for uncomplicated malaria in Cameroon and Nigeria. Past projects have included economic evaluations of different malaria treatments and prevention products in Togo, Kenya, Tanzania, The Gambia and Malawi. Another area of research interest has been the analysis of the determinats of household demand for malaria treatment and prevention.
Research areas
- Complex interventions
- Diagnostics
- Economic evaluation
- Health care financing
- Health policy
- Health services research
- Health systems
- Public health
Disciplines
- Economics
- Operational research
Disease and Health Conditions
- Malaria
Regions
- Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)
Countries
- Cameroon
- Nigeria
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Selected publications
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The economics of malaria in pregnancy - a review of the evidence and research priorities
Worrall, E.; Morel, C.; Yeung, S.; Borghi, J.; Webster, J.; Hill, J.; Wiseman, V.; Mills, A.
Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2007; 7(2):156-168
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DETERMINANTS OF BED NET USE IN THE GAMBIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR MALARIA CONTROL.
Wiseman, V.; Scott, A.; McElroy, B.; Conteh, L.; Stevens, W.;
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2007; 76(5):830-836
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Malaria prevention in The Gambia: patterns of expenditure and determinants of demand at the household level.
Wiseman, V.; McElroy, B.; Conteh, L.; Stevens, W.;
Trop Med Int Health, 2006; 11(4):419-31
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Cost-effectiveness study of three antimalarial drug combinations in Tanzania.
Wiseman, V.; Kim, M.; Mutabingwa, T.K.; Whitty, C.J.;
PLoS Med, 2006; 3(10):e373
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Using diaries to collect data in resource-poor settings: questions on design and implementation.
Wiseman, V.; Conteh, L.; Matovu, F.;
Health Policy Plan, 2005; 20(6):394-404
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Differences in willingness to pay for artemisinin-based combinations or monotherapy: experiences from the United Republic of Tanzania.
Wiseman, V.; Onwujekwe, O.; Matovu, F.; Mutabingwa, T.K.; Whitty, C.J.;
Bull World Health Organ, 2005; 83(11):845-852
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Involving the general public in priority setting: experiences from Australia (vol 56, pg 1001, 2003)
Wiseman, V.; Mooney, G.; Berry, G.; Tang, K. C.
Social Science & Medicine, 2004; 58(7):1459
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The cost-effectiveness of permethrin-treated bed nets in an area of intense malaria transmission in western Kenya
Wiseman, V.; Hawley, W. A.; Ter Kuile, F. O.; Phillips-Howard, P. A.; Vulule, J. M.; Nahlen, B. L.; Mills, A. J.
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2003; 68(4 Suppl):161-7
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