ulf persson

* Main activities and responsibilities * Professor in Health Economics, especially Economic evaluations, July 2008 - December 2017 * Responsible for research projects and supervising Ph.D. students * CEO and Research Director of IHE, June 2007 - December 2017 * IHE is a non-profit research organisation in Health Economics in Sweden with a staff of 20 researchers (economists and statisticians). IHE is an international research organisation in health economics, with main activities in economic evaluation, analysis in reimbursement of pharmaceuticals and health policy.

Main activities and responsibilities Responsible for the development and application of economic evaluation methods in health care, with particular regard to the introduction and utilization of medical technologies. Has published about 200 articles and reports in health economics and economics of transport safety. Dr Persson was one of the pioneers in the EurpQol group who developed the instrument EQ-5D for measuring utilities for estimating the benefit of new medical technologies. The EQ-5D is now one of the most used utility measurements for Health Technology Assessment (HTA) organisations around the world. He has developed methods for the appraisal, regulation and control of food born diseases, e.g. the cost-effectiveness of prevention of poultry-borne salmonellas. Commissioned by the Department of finance in Sweden he conducted analyses on the profitability of preventive measures in the Health Service and the Traffic sector in Sweden.

Main activities and responsibilities Responsible for the development of health economic evidens for pricing and reimbursement of new pharmaceutical products, Worldvide

Main activities and responsibilities Responsible for reseach projects in the field of economic evaluation

Principal subjects covered Economics of transport safety, Willingness-to-pay methodology. Thesis: Valuing Reductions in the Risk of Traffic Accidents Based on Empirical Studies in Sweden. * Title of qualification awarded Philosophie Licentiate; * Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Principal subjects covered Thesis: Three Economic Approaches to Valuing Benefits of Traffic Safety Measures.; Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Principal subjects covered ; Title of qualification awarded; Name and type of organisation providing education and training