The Centre for Health Economics & Policy Innovation (CHEPI) builds the evidence base for health policies that are effective, economically sound and equitable.
We work with governments, international organisations and industry partners across Europe, Asia and beyond to translate research directly into policy design and implementation.
Our work spans obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, diet, health taxes, pharmaceutical pricing, health system reform, environmental risk and pandemic preparedness.
Fiscal models, microsimulations and large-scale population data analysis are the tools we use to answer practical questions with public consequences: which taxes work, which interventions reduce inequality, which payment models get new treatments to patients faster.
Our findings reach the people who write the rules, run the systems and make the decisions.
We are modelling the health, economic and distributional impacts of taxing ultra-processed foods in the UK for direct policy consultation with HM Treasury, the Department of Health and Social Care and the Office for Health Improvements and Disparities.
We are simulating the long-term impact of obesity prevention policies on health outcomes, equality and cost across all European countries, with a focus on children and low-income communities, with over €80 million in support from the EU, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research, and Innovation (SERI).
OBCT: modelling obesity risk and policy impact across Europe
Our work contributed to community intervention pilots in Sri Lanka which changed how and where food was sold resulting in healthy food purchases increasing by 12% and sugary drink sales falling by 9% within six months.
Our research, supported in part by a £29 million Gatsby Foundation grant, helped the National Health Service get new cancer treatments to patients 18 months faster.
We are using 142 pilots across 21 countries to model the long-term health and economic impact of interventions targeting cardiovascular disease and diabetes, generating evidence to guide national policy decisions.
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CHEPI’s mission is to generate evidence on how incentives and environments shape health-related decisions at the individual, organisational and policy levels. We work closely with businesses and governments to design policies that embed these incentives and foster healthier societies.
Our alcohol tax research shaped World Health Organization guidance and is now used by European governments, and our COVID-19 modelling provided evidence to help inform the UK November 2020 national lockdown. Our research is embedded inside the institutions that act on it: the European Commission, the Gatsby Foundation, the Jameel Institute and the National Institute for Health and Care Research, across active programmes spanning 25 European countries and involving 100 partners. In South Asia, our work draws on the largest South Asia Biobank of 150,000 participants, working alongside ministries of health, the WHO, UNICEF and academic partners to improve cardiometabolic health at population scale. Our faculty contribute to Parliamentary inquiries, international health forums and national disease prevention strategies across Europe, South Asia and beyond.
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