Prof. Dr. Katharina Blankart

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Prof. Dr. Katharina Blankart Leiterin Gesundheitsökonomie & -politik

Katharina Blankart is a Professor of Health Economics at the Bern University of Applied Sciences, Department of Health. She is affiliated with the Hamburg Center for Health Economics at the University of Hamburg and the Leibniz Science Campus Ruhr in Essen, Germany.

As the head of the Institute for Health Economics and Health Policy, she conducts efficiency analyses in the healthcare system and oversees the evaluation of new health technologies and care models. She also focuses on regulatory frameworks and their impact on innovations in healthcare. Her goal is to provide evidence-based support to health policy and decision-makers in Switzerland and beyond.

Katharina Blankart studied Economics and Business Research at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and received her Ph.D. in Health Economics and Healthcare Management in 2012. Between 2012 and 2016, she was a post-doc at the University of Hamburg and Columbia University. From 2016 to 2023, she was an Assistant Professor of Empirical Health Economics at the University of Duisburg-Essen and a core member of the CINCH national health economics research center. She is currently a member of the extended board of the German Society for Health Economics.

2016-2023 Assisstant professor in empirical health economics University of Duisburg-Essen, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and CINCH Health Economics Research Center
2015-2016 Visiting Officer of Research Columbia University in the City of New York, Business School
2012-2016 Head of junior research group and research associate University of Hamburg, Hamburg Business School and Hamburg Center for Health Economics

2012 Dr. oec. publ. (PhD in business administration) Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
2009-2011 Master of Business Research Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
2003-2008 Diplom-Volkswirtin (Economist) Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich