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Dr Natalia Ivashikina

Dr Natalia Ivashikina (MSc, PhD, FHEA)

Reader in Health Economics
E: n.ivashikina@bsms.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1273 872788
Location: Room 3.08 Medical School Teaching Building, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9PX

Area of expertise: Economic evaluation, statistical analysis, economic modelling, systematic literature review, research methodology

Research areas: Neglected tropical diseases, public health interventions, primary care interventions, psychosocial interventions, pharmaceuticals, non-medical prescribing

Other relevant positions: Module Leader MSC and PhD supervisor

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Biography

Natalia joined the Department of Global Health and Infection in 2017. Following the completion of her PhD at Moscow State University in 1996, she received a Royal Society Fellowship to work in the UK (1997-1998) and subsequently undertook research at the University of Würzburg, Germany (1999-2005). In 2011, she completed an MSc in Health and Social Care Research at Sheffield University. Natalia gained her experience as a health economist by working on a range of clinical trials at the Centre for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation, Bangor University (2008-2013), where she was also involved in pharmacoeconomic appraisals of new medicines for the All Wales Medicines Strategy Group. In 2013, she moved to the Centre for Primary Care and Public Health at Queen Mary University of London. In addition to working on numerous trials within the Pragmatic Clinical Trials Unit, she provided methodological advice to the Research Design Service London. In 2015, Natalia joined the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research at Queen Mary University of London as a Lecturer in Health Economics, where she undertook methodological research on developing core outcome sets for economic evaluation in asthma trials. While working at Queen Mary University of London, she was involved in developing the Introduction to Health Economics Course within the Global Public Health undergraduate programme and delivering the problem-based learning module to the MBBS students.

Research

Natalia has a particular interest in research methodology and economic evaluation in health care. Her current studies focus on healthcare interventions for podoconiosis in Rwanda, wound care in Ethiopia and asthma management in the UK. Previously, Natalia was involved in a number of research projects on the management of neglected tropical diseases (podoconiosis, mycetoma and scabies), diabetes, musculoskeletal pain, faecal incontinence, smoking cessation, physical exercise, health promotion and neonatal care. These studies include collaborations with universities in the UK, Ethiopia, Sudan, Spain, Netherlands, Canada, Turkey, Romania and Zambia. Natalia’s expertise covers all aspects of executing economic evaluations - from systematic literature review to statistical analysis and economic modelling.

Current research projects:

NIHR Brighton and Sussex Centre for Global Health Research, NIHR Global Health Research Programme (2021-2026)
High-flow humidified oxygen as an early intervention in children with acute severe asthma: A randomised controlled trial, NIHR Research for Patient Benefit Programme, (2025-2028)

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Teaching

Natalia is a leader of the postgraduate module on Economic Evaluation in Health Care (MDM190). She supervises Independent Research Projects for undergraduate medical students (MDM 404) and MSc projects on Global Health (MDM 103). Natalia also co-supervises two PhD projects in Rwanda and Zimbabwe.

Selected publications

Hounsome N, Rabe H, Turk E, Saha P, Ebrahimjee F, Fernandez R, Pellicer A, RISEinFAMILY Consortium (European Union, MSCA-RISE-H2020). Implementation of Family Integrated Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospitals Sussex, UK. Children. 2026; 13(2):195.

Ali O, Mihretu A, Hounsome N, Anagnostopoulou V, Bremner SA, Kinfe M, Mengiste A, Semrau M, Fekadu A, Davey G. Outcomes and cost-effectiveness of an integrated holistic care package on persons affected by podoconiosis, lymphatic filariasis and leprosy and community members in north-western Ethiopia: an implementation research study. BMC Medicine. 2025; 23(1):284.

Hounsome N, Yirgu R, Middleton J, Cassell JA, Fekadu A, Davey G Cost-effectiveness of mass drug administration for control of scabies in Ethiopia: a decision-analytic model. Frontiers in Health Services. 2024; 4:1279762.

Hounsome N, Semrau M, Rugema L. Improving services for neglected tropical diseases: ending the years of neglect. Frontiers in Health Services. 2024; 4:1528495.

Papoutsi C, Hargreaves D, Hagell A, Hounsome N, Skirrow H, Muralidhara K, Colligan G, FerreyA, Vijayaraghavan S, Greenhalgh T, Finer S. Implementation and delivery of group consultations for young people with diabetes in socioeconomically deprived, ethnically diverse settings. BMC Medicine. 2022; 20:459.

Hounsome N, Hassan R, Bakhiet SM, Deribe K, Bremner S, Fahal AH, Newport MJ. Role of socioeconomic factors in developing mycetoma: Results from a household survey in Sennar State, Sudan. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2022; 16(10):e0010817.

Roukas C, Quayyum Z, Patel A, Fitzsimmons D, Phillips C, Hounsome N. Developing core economic parameter sets for asthma studies: A realist review and an analytical framework. BMJ Open. 2020; 10(10):e037889.

Hounsome N, Kassahun MM, Ngari M, Berkley JA, Kivaya E, Njuguna P, Fegan G, Tamiru A, Kelemework A, Amberbir T. Clarke A, Lang T, Newport MJ, McKay A, Enquoselassie F, Davey G. Cost-effectiveness and social outcomes of a community-based treatment for podoconiosis lymphoedema in the East Gojjam zone, Ethiopia. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019; 13(10): e0007780.

Hounsome N, Roukas C. Cost-effectiveness of sacral nerve stimulation and percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation for faecal incontinence. Therap Adv Gastroenterol. 2018; 11:1756284818802562.

Ashaye T, Hounsome N, Carnes D, Taylor SJC, Homer K, Eldridge S, Spencer A, Rahman A, Foell J, Underwood M. Opioid prescribing for chronic musculoskeletal pain in UK primary care: results from a cohort analysis of the COPERS trial. BMJ Open. 2018; 8:e019491.

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