Dr Adrian Gheorghe is a health economist with expertise and interest in health financing, economic evaluation of public health interventions and economic burden of disease. He has held academic, public administration and consulting roles working with governments, research groups and development organisations on health sector reform projects in sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and South Asia. PhD, Health Economics, MSc, Health Economics and Health Policy ,The University of Birmingham. B. Pharm Pharmacy, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania. In June 2015 we launched Hospistat, the first online and freely available monitoring tool of health sector capacity and clinical activity in Romania. Since inception we researched, wrote and disseminated extensive research briefs on Romanian public health sector reform

Also, as Adviser to Ministry of Health Romania, led the technical development (analysis and writing) of the eight regional strategic health service plans in fulfilment of the ex-ante conditionality on health of the Government of Romania towards the European Commission. Contributed to the design and piloting of a novel patient feedback mechanism in Romanian public hospitals. In the early career contributed as research fellow in LSHTM (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) and made tangible contribution in the following research areas. Coordinated the content production and conducted the health financing analysis for the Lancet Commission on the Future of Health in Sub-Saharan Africa. Designed and coordinated 4 researchers in conducting the first global synthesis of the economic burden of non-communicable diseases in low- and middle-income countries. Conducted hospital-based costing to estimate inpatient and laboratory tests costs for Cryptococcal meningitis patients in Zambia. Analysed Kenya’s health information systems and formulated options for a routine cost-accounting system in Kenyan public hospitals. Developed an economic model to evaluate the risk-benefit of iron supplementation strategies in children and pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries. Developed an analytical model estimating the cost-effectiveness of eye care services in Zambia. Analysed patient survey data on expenditure patterns in pregnant women with malaria in Kenya. Seminar lead for the Masters level Economic Evaluation module.