Dr. Franco Sassi

Biography

Franco Sassi holds a Chair in International Health Policy Economics and serves as the Director of the Centre for Health Economics Policy Innovation (CHEPI). His work primarily focuses on assessing the impacts of public policies on major chronic diseases, including the effects of risk factors such as poor nutrition, physical inactivity, and harmful use of alcohol and tobacco. He has authored and edited numerous publications on the economic aspects of public health, including notable books such as 'Obesity Economics Prevention: Fit Fat' (2010), 'Tackling Harmful Alcohol Use: Economics of Public Health Policy' (2015), and 'Health Taxes: Policy Practice' (2022). Prior to Joining Imperial College, he was a Senior Health Economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, where he developed the Organisation's Public Health Programme. He also held the position of Senior Lecturer in Health Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and directed their graduate programme in Health Policy, Planning, and Financing. Franco obtained his doctorate in health economics from the University of London and held an adjunct professor position at Université de Montréal. Additionally, he has held visiting positions at several universities in the United States, including the University of California at Berkeley, Harvard University, and the University of California, San Francisco. He was awarded the 2000-01 Harkness Fellowship in Health Care Policy by the Commonwealth Fund.

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