Martina Garau
principal economist, Office of Health Economics

Martina Garau is a principal economist at the Office of Health Economics, which provides authoritative resources, research and analyses in health economics, health policy and health statistics. She has over 10 years of experience leading projects for a variety of organisations, including global pharmaceutical and life sciences companies, non-profit research organisations, charities and trade associations.

Her current research includes methods and applications of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) approaches in healthcare decision making and she has recently co-authored a book chapter about its use and associated challenges; economic issues posed by the development and provision of treatments for rare diseases; healthcare priority setting in high and middle-income countries.

Martina joined the Office of Health Economics in 2004. She has an MSc in Economics from the University of York and a first degree in economics from the University of Cagliari in Italy.