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Claire talks to us about her time at LSE studying on the HPPF programme, her career journey since graduating, career advice for students and what led her to co-write the latest textbook Understanding Public Health.

Mwaria Kiania recently completed the HPPF programme and is due to join McKinsey in January 2027, after successfully navigating the firm’s competitive recruitment process.

PhD candidate Constance Viehbeck spent September visiting the Harvard-MIT Center for Regulatory Science, where she advanced her research into pharmaceutical regulation and health equity.

Colleagues from the Department and LSE Health joined health economists from across Europe and beyond at the European Health Economics Association Conference 2026 in Rotterdam.

Last month, around 120 MSc students and alumni came together for an end-of-academic-year networking party.

A wonderful evening at LSE celebrating excellence in teaching through the LSE Class Teacher Awards and the LSESU Teaching Awards.

We are delighted to share a recent article published in the BMJ by current student Rupsa Chakraborty, who is pursuing an MSc in Global Health Policy.

The Department of Health Policy is delighted to share that Health Policy at LSE forms part of the Social Policy subject area ranked No. 1 in the UK in the Complete University Guide 2027.

We were delighted to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the MSc Health Policy, Planning and Financing (HPPF), a unique joint programme between the LSE and LSHTM that has shaped health policy leaders around the world for four decades.

New Minister for Finance and Under Secretary are LSE alumni.

Two Department of Health Policy graduates have been appointed to senior roles in Nepal’s new government, reflecting the growing impact of our alumni in public leadership.