CRISTIANA ABBAFATI

Cristiana Abbafati
ORCID 0000-0003-2811-6251

Department of Juridical and Economic Studies
Sapienza University of Rome
00185 Roma (Italia), tel.+39 06 49910696, fax. +39 06 4453870
E-mail: cristiana.abbafati@uniroma1.it

ABOUT ME
Cristiana Abbafati is a health economist whose research examines how labor markets, socio-economic conditions, and demographic change shape health outcomes and inequalities. Her work focuses on health system sustainability, the economic burden of disease, and the design of policies that promote universal health coverage and equity. Through international collaborations such as the Global Burden of Disease Study, she integrates data-driven analysis with an interdisciplinary perspective to generate evidence for improving health and reducing disparities.

OTHER POSITIONS
 Scientific Committee, Global Burden of Disease Study, Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle
 Member of the Global Burden of Disease expert group, Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle
 Member of the Global Burden of Disease health financing expert group, Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle
 Deputy Director of the Global Burden of Disease Italian Initiative
 Member of European Cooperation in Science and Technology, Cost Action, European Burden of Disease
 Member of the Academic Board of the PhD program in Political Studies, Sapienza University
 Scientific Committee, International Health Economics Association, 2023 and 2025 Congress
 Member of Health Science Sub-Panel for the 2022-2023 and 2025-2026 Periodic Assessment of Research, Slovak Republic
 Task leader "Conceptualizing and retrieving key indicators from Spoke 1 to 10", Spoke 1, Age-it project, PNRR

RESEARCH FIELDS
Health Economics (Health system: organization, financing, performance. Health expenditures. Universal Health Coverage. Economic Burden of Diseases. Economic and social determinants of health. Health, productivity, economic growth, and inequality. Cost of Illness. Ecological Health Economics (health, economic systems, and environmental sustainability). Labour Economics (Aging workforce; Equity, Diversity and Inclusion). Economic Evaluation.

EDITORIAL BOARD
SobreMéxico Temas de Economia, Frontiers in Public Health, Health Economics Section, Frontiers in Health Services, Health Policy and Management Section, Plos On, Studi Politici

REFEREE
Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, BMC Public Health, BMC Health Services Research, Central European Journal of Public Health, Environmental Research, Epidemiology and Infection, European Journal of Public Health, Frontiers in Health Economics, Frontiers in Health Policy and Management, Health Economics, Health Economics Policy and Law, Health Services Research, Journal of Medical Internet Research, Environment, Development and Sustainability, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Journal of Public Health, Journal of Health Economics and Outcomes Research, JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, PLOS One, Preventive Medicine Reports, Public Health, Sobre Mexico, Studi Politici, The Lancet Global Health, The Lancet Infection Diseases, The Lancet Regional Health, Social Sceince and Medicine, Scientific Reports, Health Policy

EDUCATION
PhD in Economic Analysis of Social Phenomena, Sapienza University of Rome
MSc in Applied Econometrics, “E. Vanoni” School of Public Administration, Rome
MSc in Health Economics, City University of London
BS in Economics and Political Science, 110/110 summa cum laude, Sapienza University of Rome

TEACHING
Health Economics, Development Economics, Labor Economics

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