Laia Maynou Pujolràs

Center for Research in Health and Economics (CRES), University of Pompeu Fabra C/ Ramon Trias Fargas, 25-27, Mercè Rodoreda Building, 08005 Barcelona – Spain E-mail: [email protected] / [email protected]

TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Health Economics, Applied Economics and Econometrics, Policy Evaluation, Health Technology Assessment (HTA), European Studies

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Septembre 2015- University of Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Dept. of Economics and Barcelona, Spain September 2017 Business, Center for Research in Health and Economics (CRES) Visiting Faculty and Researcher

September 2013- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) London, UK September 2015 Research Fellow, EU funded project ADVANCE-HTA. Under WP1, IP: Prof. John Cairns

DOCTORAL STUDIES

2011-2013 PhD in Law, Economics and Business (cum-laude), Girona/Barcelona, University of Girona (UdG) Spain Thesis Title: “Health and economic convergence in the European Union (1990-2010): an econometric approach” Supervisors: Prof. Marc Saez (UdG) and Prof. Jordi Bacaria (UAB) Defended the 21th November 2013 at the University of Girona.

2012-2013 City University London, Department of Economics London, UK Visiting PhD student sponsored by Prof. Mireia Jofre-Bonet and Dr. Albert Banal-Estanol (13 months)

2012-2013 Courses during the PhD: Advance/Economic Evaluation (City London, UK University London) and Advance Health Economics (London School of Economics)

PRIOR EDUCATION

2010 - 2011 Free University Brussels (VUB), Advanced Master in European Brussels, Belgium Economic Integration and Development (with great distinction)

2005 - 2010 University of Girona, Degree of Economics (with honours) Girona, Spain ERASMUS (2009-2010), University of Namur and University of Namur, Belgium Louvain-la-Neuve.

TEACHING

February 2015 - Positively evaluated by ANECA as “Profesor Contratado Doctor”, Spanish Teaching Evaluation Agency.

3rd Term 2015/2016 Econometrics I and Applied Econometrics, undergraduates, University of Pompeu Fabra (seminars and lectures) 2nd Term 2015/2016 Econometrics III, undergraduates, University of Pompeu Fabra (seminars) 1st Term 2015/2016 Econometrics II, undergraduates, University of Pompeu Fabra (seminars) 3rd Term 2014/2015 MSc Public Health Dissertations, LSHTM (Supervisor) Course 2014/2015 Introduction to Health Economics, DL MSc Public Health, LSHTM (leading tutor of the 1 Laia Maynou Pujolràs

module, webinars, marking assignments and exams) 1st Term 2014/2015 “Actualitza’t” course at the University of Girona (Lecturer) 2nd Term 2013/2014 Introduction to Health Economics, DL MSc Public Health, LSHTM (tutor of the module, webinars, marking assignments and exams) 2nd Term 2013/2014 Bachelor’s final degree projects, BSc Economics University of Girona (Supervisor) 2nd Term 2013/2014 Econometrics, 3rd year BSc Economics, University of Girona, (Assistant Lecturer) 2nd Term 2012/2013 Econometrics for Business Economics, MSc Business Economics, City University London (class tutor) 2nd Term 2012/2013 Applied Economics II, 3rd year BSc Economics, University of Girona (Assistant Lecturer) 2nd Term 2012/2013 Bachelor’s final degree projects, BSc Economics University of Girona (Supervisor)

SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

2014 PhD Extraordinary Award in Law, Economics and Business 2013, University of Girona, Spain 2012 - 2013 FI-DGR, Full scholarship for doctoral studies, Catalan Government, Spain 2013 Awarded with the National Price of University Degree 2010, Ministry of Education, Spain 2012 - 2013 Visiting Doctoral Fellowship (CIBERESP), Ministry of Education, Spain 2010-2011 “Patronat Catalunya Mon”, Full scholarship for MSc studies, Catalan Government, Spain 2011 Prize for Highest Overall Mark in BSc Economics 2010, University of Girona 2010 Prize for Highest Overall Mark in BSc Economics 2010, College of Economists of Catalonia 2010 Prize for the Best internship Project BSc Economics 2010, University of Girona

INVITED SEMINARS

November 2015 Center for Research in Health and Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain October 2016 EU Mediterrani, Spain June 2015 Spanish Health Economics Association Meeting, University of Granada, Spain January 2015 Health Economics Seminars, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK February 2014 Center for Research in Health and Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain October 2012 Department of Economics, City University London, UK

CONFERENCES (oral communication)

13th-16th July 2016 European Health Economics Association (EuHEA), University of Hamburg, Germany 15th-17th June 2016 Spanish Health Economics Association Meeting, University of Murcia, Spain 12th-15th July 2015 International Health Economics Association (iHEA), University of Bocconi, Milan, Italy 17th-19th June 2015 Spanish Health Economics Association Meeting, University of Granada, Spain 14th-17th June 2015 Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi), Oslo, Norway 17th April 2015 IV Taller EvaluAES, University of Bilbao, Spain 7th-9th January 2015 UK Health Economists Study Group (HESG) Meeting, University of Leeds, UK 3th-5th September 2014 Spanish Epidemiological Association Meeting, University of Alicante, Spain 12th-16th July 2014 iHEA and ECHE Joint Congress, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland 24th-27th May 2014 Spanish Health Economics Association Meeting, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain 14th-15th May 2014 HERON conference, King´s College London, UK 21st March 2014 III Taller EvaluAES, University of Zaragoza, Spain 16th-17th September 2013 Meeting for the Excellence in Health Public Research (CIBERESP), Health Public 2 Laia Maynou Pujolràs

School, Menorca, Spain. 4th-6th September 2013 Spanish Epidemiological Association Meeting, University of Granada, Spain 27th-31st August 2013 53rd European Regional Science Association Congres, Palermo, Italy 3rd-5th July 2013 OECD-Universities Joint Conference-Health Economics and Econometrics, Paris, France 26th-28th June 2013 UK Health Economists Study Group (HESG) Meeting, University of Warwick, UK 18th-21st June 2013 Spanish Health Economics Association Meeting, University of Santander, Spain 30th-31st May 2013 XI International Economic Policy Conference, University of Bilbao, Spain 9th-11th January 2013 UK Health Economists Study Group (HESG) Meeting, University of Exeter, UK

COURSES AND WORKSHOPS

4th-8th July 2016 Economics of Health Inequality, Tinbergen Institute Summer School, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands. 18th March 2014 V Program for the Evaluation of Public Policies and Social Programs, IESE, Spain 23rd January 2014 Farmacoeconomía y Market Access, University of Barcelona, Spain 18th-19th September 2013 Selection Bias in Health Economic Evaluation, LSHTM, London, UK 9th-11th October // 18th-19th Decision Analytic Modelling for Economic Evaluation, University of York and March 2013 University of Glasgow, UK 12th-14thMarch 2013 Analysing Patient Data using Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), University of York, UK 25th-29th June 2012 Barcelona Macroeconomic Summer School 2012 (CREI) on Economic Growth and Development (Xavier Sala-i-Martin), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain 30th May-1st June 2012 Bayesian Inference for Latent Gaussian Models with Applications, NTNU, Norway 17th-19th January 2012 Spatial Modelling with INLA, CREEM, University of St. Andrews, UK

RELEVANT SKILLS

Computer skills: STATA, SPSS, R (INLA). Languages: Catalan and Spanish (bilingual), English (Advance level, C1), French (Upper Intermediate level, B2).

PROJECTS

- Generalitat Valenciana project AICO/2016/038. “Retos de la UE: crecimiento, competitividad, consolidación fiscal y desigualdad.” PI: Javier Ordóñez (2016-2017).

- EU Commission contract: ‘Support on organizational issues for building health-technology assessment (HTA) capacity in the Ministry of Health of Cyprus (2014)'. PI: John Cairns (2014).

- EU Project ADVANCE-HTA 506003 UE 7PM: Advancing and strengthening the methodological tools and policies relating to the application and implementation of Health Technology Assessment (HTA). PI: Panos Kanavos (LSE). LSHTM WP1 partner (IP: John Cairns). (2013-2015)

- Project DG-SANCO A/101156 VII Framework EU Project, Second Programme of Community action in the field of Health (2008-2013) ‘Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality: evidence and policies in cities of Europe (INEQ- CITIES)’. PI: Carme Borrell, Agència de Salut Pública de Barcelona. PI GRECS (partner): Marc Saez (2009- 2012).

- Economic Impact Analysis of the “Fira del Vaixell d’Ocasió” and “Festival Terra de Trobadors” at Castelló d’Empúries. Collaboration with Focalizza. Project granted by the City Council of Castelló d’Empúries (2014).

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PUBLICATIONS

1) Maynou, L. and Saez, M. (2016). Economic crisis and health inequalities: evidence from the European Union. International Journal for Equity in Health, 15(135). DOI: 10.1186/s12939-016-0425-6

2) Maynou-Pujolràs, L., López-Casasnovas, G. (2016). Comparativa de los sistemas de evaluación de medicamentos: evidencia Europea. ¿Es necesaria una unificación de los criterios de evaluación?. Revista Española de Economía de la Salud, 11(2):158-167.

3) Maynou, L., Saez, M. and Lopez-Casasnovas, G. (2016). Has the economic crisis widened the intra-urban socioeconomic inequalities in mortality? The case of Barcelona, Spain, Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 70:114–124.

4) Maynou, L. and Cairns, J. (2015). Why do some countries approve a cancer drug and others don’t?, Journal of Cancer Policy, 4:21-25.

5) Maynou, L., Saez, M., Bacaria, J. and Lopez-Casasnovas, G. (2015). Health Inequalities in the European Union: an Empirical Analysis of the Dynamics of Regional Differences, European Journal of Health Economics, 16:543–559.

6) Lopez-Casasnovas, G., Maynou, L. and Saez, M. (2015). Another look at the comparisons of the health systems expenditure indicators. Social Indicators Research, 121:149–175.

7) Maynou, L., Saez, M., Bacaria, J. and Kyriacou, A. (2014). The impact of cohesion funds on convergence of the eurozone (1990-2010). Regional Studies. DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2014.965137

8) Hoffmann, R., Borsboom, G., Saez, M., Mari-Dell’Olmo, M., Burström, B., Corman, D., Costa, C., Deboosere, P., Domínguez, F., Dzúrová, D., Gandarillas, A., Gotsens, M., Kovács, K., Mackenbach, J., Martikainen, P., Maynou, L., Morrison, J., Palència, L., Pérez, G., Pikhart, H., Rodríguez-Sanz, M., Santana, P., Saurina, C., Tarkiainen, L., Borrell, C. (2014). Social differences in avoidable mortality between small areas of 15 European cities: an ecological study, International Journal of Health Geographics, 13:8.

9) Maynou, L., Saez, M. and Bacaria, J. (2013). Convergence Analysis of the Eurozone Regions (1990-2010)” (in Spanish), Ekonomiaz, 82, pp. 201-217.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Miners, A., Maynou, L. and Ruiz, F. (2014). The UK’s National Institute for health and care excellence (NICE) and the application of evidence-based policy making. Economía y Salud, Boletín Informativo, nº80, Asociación de Economía de la Salud.

Cairns, J., Maynou, L. and Miner, A. (2014). Organisational issues for building Health Technology Assessment (HTA) capacity in Cyprus. Ministry of Health of Cyprus, internal report.

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WORKING PAPERS

Maynou, L. and Saez, M. (2015). A natural experiment to assess the effects of copayment in primary health care in Catalonia, Spain: the case of ‘Euro per prescription.

Maynou, L. and Cairns, J. (2016). An Empirical Analysis of Drug Reimbursement Decisions in 10 European countries. Working Paper LSHTM-THETA nº2.

Maynou, L. and Cairns, J. (2016). What is driving HTA decision-making? Evidence from drug reimbursement decisions. Health Policy (R&R)

Maynou, L. and Serra, L. (2015). How different socioeconomic conditions affect economic inequality in the Catalan regions.

WORK IN PROGRESS

- Why are there differences in HTA recommendations across countries? An in-depth case study analysis exploring the interface between the macro and micro-level factors influencing these decisions (joint with Elena Nicod and Erica Visintin, London School of Economics, and John Cairns, LSHTM)

- The University Research Assessments in the UK: Evaluation of the largest natural experiment in science policy (joint with Mireia Jofre-Bonet, City University London, and Albert Banal-Estanyol, Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

- How does different health status affect income inequalities?: Empirical analysis of the EU-27 regions (joint with Marc Saez, University of Girona)

- Estimating the carbon footprint of the campus of the Universitat de Girona (joint with Renan Goetz and Nicolas Boccard, University of Girona)

MEMBERSHIP

- Member of the Spanish Health Economics Association (AES), from 2013. - Member of UK Health Economists Study Group (HESG), from 2013. - Member of the Research Grup in Statistics, Econometrics and Health (GRECS), from 2011. - Member of the CIBERESP, Group 51 at the University of Girona, from 2012.

JOURNAL REVIEWER

o International Journal for Equity in Health o The Manchester School o BMC Health Services Research