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Professor Yoel Lubell

Professor Yoel Lubell

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yoel@tropmedres.ac

Podcast interview

The economics of tropical diseases

Economics and health are interlinked in many ways, as seen in the vicious cycle between poverty and ill health. Merging data from various research areas within economic models allows a more efficient use of scarce resources. Economic evaluation helps ensure that cost effective interventions are included in policy recommendations.

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Yoel Lubell

Professor of Global Health

Head of EIRG

Yoel Lubell is Professor of Global Health at the University of Oxford, and leads the Economics and Implementation Research Group (EIRG) at the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (MORU) in Bangkok, Thailand. EIRG focuses on the evaluation of diagnostics, treatments and vaccines for malaria and other infectious diseases using a variety of approaches ranging from economic and epidemiological modelling through laboratory investigations to clinical trials and qualitative research. Professor Lubell is Principal Investigator for the South and Southeast Asian Community Based Trial Network (SEACTN) and co-PI on Spot Sepsis, two of the largest studies to date aiming to improve our understanding of causes and outcomes of febrile illness in LMICs, facilitating the development of new tools to improve their management. He also oversees the Mahidol Oxford Translation and Innovation Programme, dedicated to speeding up the translation of MORU’s research into scalable interventions with tangible positive global health impact.

A community engagement video explaining the aims of the South and Southeast Asian Community Based Trials Network (SEACTN) to study participants
A community engagement video explaining the aims of the South and Southeast Asian Community Based Trials Network (SEACTN) to study participants
Data from the largest study to date comparing CRP and procalcitonin as biomarkers for bacterial infection in tropical settings, indicating that CRP outperforms procalcitonin for these purposes
Data from the largest study to date comparing CRP and procalcitonin as biomarkers for bacterial infection in tropical settings, indicating that CRP outperforms procalcitonin for these purposes
A group photo of the study team for a randomised controlled trial on CRP guided treatment in febrile illness at a site-opening visit
The study team for a randomised controlled trial on CRP guided treatment in febrile illness at a site-opening visit

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