Office of Health Economics PhD Fellowship Program at London School of Economics and Political Science 2024

Our ambition, and charitable objective, is to actively support the next generation of health economists to strengthen and improve the future of the discipline, and to ensure the continued role of health economics in high-quality evidence-based health policy decision-making.

OHE sponsors a full-time PhD students in health economics per year at the Department of Health Policy of the London School of Economics and Political Science.

OHE has identified a gap in the doctoral studies’ offer related to the microeconomics and microeconometrics of the life sciences and related sectors. OHE is committed to supporting the creation of health economics capacity in the UK and wants to support the specialisation of highly trained health economists in this area.

• Table of Content
• About Office of Health Economics (OHE)
• OHE PhD Fellowship Program
• Aim and Benefits of OHE PhD Fellowship Program
• OHE PhD Fellowship Program Courses
• Requirements for OHE PhD Fellowship Program Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Office of Health Economics (OHE)

With over 60 years of expertise, the Office of Health Economics (OHE) is the world’s oldest independent health economics research organisation. We are a registered charity and an Independent Research Organisation. Every day we work to improve health care through pioneering and innovative research, analysis, and education. As a global thought leader and publisher in the economics of health, health care, and life sciences, we work in partnership with Universities, Government, health systems and the pharmaceutical industry to research and respond to global health challenges. Our Mi... continue reading

OHE PhD Fellowship Program

Aim and Benefits of OHE PhD Fellowship Program

• OHE covers the tuition fees and supports fellows with a annual stipend of £20,622. Fellows work part–time at OHE and write their PhD dissertations supervised by a joint committee at the Department of Health at LSE and OHE.v
• Obtain a PhD in Health Economics from a world-leading university in health economics without paying the tuition fee.
• Gain work experience working at OHE in issues related to your PhD topic.
• Potential opportunity to join the OHE team thereafter.
• Learn from a highly qualified group of health economists at OHE working on hot health economics topics.

OHE PhD Fellowship Program Courses

• Health Economics

Requirements for OHE PhD Fellowship Program Qualification

Ideally, applicants must hold an MSc in health economics, economics, public health, or related subjects, although other academic backgrounds will be considered.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

Consideration for the OHE PhD Fellowship is conditional to being admitted to the PhD in Health Economics of the Department of Health Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences.

Applications for 2024/25 are now open. 

For more details visit: OHE website.