Dr Camilla Fasano is a medical doctor and doctoral student in Health Policy and Economics at LSE. Her PhD research investigates how realist approaches can be integrated into economic evaluation methods for complex interventions. Specifically, she is analysing the economic case for parent-mediated interventions for autistic children in the UK. Her work aims to unpack what works, for whom, and at what cost, using realist-informed microsimulation modelling to estimate long-term health, social, and economic outcomes. Her doctoral studies are supported by a scholarship from the NIHR School for Social Care Research (SSCR).

Camilla also works as a research assistant on the PACT study, a parent-mediated intervention for autistic children. Together with her team, including Prof Martin Knapp,  Dr Magdalena Walbaum, and Dr Michela Tinelli, she is going to collect 15-year follow-up data from the original trial to conduct an economic analysis of long-term outcomes.

Before starting her PhD, Camilla completed a MSc in Health Policy, Planning and Financing at LSE and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Her master’s thesis explored barriers and facilitators to implementing assistive technologies for people with dementia.

She previously worked at the World Health Organization as a junior public health consultant, contributing to the development of the scientific programme for the first WHO Leadership Course in Europe. During this time, she also trained in problem-based learning methodologies to enhance teaching effectiveness and supported the facilitation of course sessions.