Health Economist · Hertie School, Berlin

Mujaheed
Shaikh

Professor of Health Governance · Hertie School, Berlin

I study how policy and institutional design shape health and health systems.

Professor of Health Governance Associate Editor, The European Journal of Health Economics Advisory Board, BMJ Public Health
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About

A health economist interested in all things related to health and healthcare, with a passion to bridge academia and policy to increase scientific impact and make the world a healthier place.

I am a tenured full Professor of Health Governance at the Hertie School in Berlin. My work examines how regulation and institutional design shape health and health systems, with particular attention to pharmaceutical innovation for rare and neglected diseases, access to medicines, and the regulatory frameworks that govern both.

I am an Associate Editor at The European Journal of Health Economics and an Advisory Board Member at British Medical Journal Public Health. I hold a PhD in Economics from Frankfurt School of Finance and Management and a Master in International Health Management from Imperial College London.

Position
Professor of Health Governance, Hertie School
Associate Editor
The European Journal of Health Economics
Advisory Board
BMJ Public Health
Mujaheed Shaikh
Hertie School · Friedrichstraße 180, Berlin

Research

01

Health Behaviour & Inequalities

How life-course events and social position shape health: retirement, smoking, maternal leave, misperception of one's own health, and inequalities running from the caste system to arts engagement.

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02

Health Governance & Public Policy

How governments organise, fund, and regulate health systems, from non-pharmaceutical interventions during COVID-19 to vaccination programmes, geographical disparities, and the global financing of disease control.

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03

Pharmaceutical Economics & Access to Medicines

What price regulation does to research and development, how pharmaceutical spending tracks national income, and what medicine shortages mean for patients and supply chains.

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In the Press

Research and commentary (selection).

Financial Times
The world's broken market for medicines
Daily Mail · Der Standard
Health misperception and healthcare use among older Europeans
BMJ Emergency Medicine Journal
Geographical disparities in England during COVID-19 — selected a monthly top-five article
New York TimesThe ConversationYahoo NewsMedicalXpressAAAS EurekAlertPhys.orgNews MedicalKurier

Work in Progress

R&R · Eur. J. Health Economics

The consequences of medicine shortages on healthcare utilisation and care fragmentation

Goetjes, Panhuysen, Blankart & Shaikh

R&R · Healthcare Management Science

Medicine shortages, global dependency, and competition in times of a pandemic

Goetjes, Panhuysen, Shaikh & Blankart

Working Paper

Enforcement, substitution, and the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine mandates

Shaikh, Miraldo & Galizzi

Working Paper

Leader identity and Cesarean childbirths: evidence from random allocation of leaders

Shaikh & Van Gestel