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Dr Olivier Wouters

Assistant Professor of Health Policy
About

About

Dr Olivier Wouters is an assistant professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), where he directs the master’s degree in global health policy. He holds visiting faculty appointments at Brown and Harvard.

Olivier researches and teaches about pharmaceutical laws, regulations, and policies internationally, and how they influence the availability and affordability of medicines in different countries. He has published in top health policy and medical journals, including The BMJ, JAMA, Health Affairs, The Lancet, and NEJM. In 2021, Olivier received LSE’s Excellence in Education Award for "outstanding teaching contribution and educational leadership".

Olivier has a master’s degree in health economics and a PhD in health policy, both from the LSE. He holds an undergraduate degree in international relations from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

CV (updated Sept. 2024)

Teaching

HP424 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy

HP435 Global Access to Medicines

HP4D2E Principles of Health Technology Assessment

Affiliations

Program on Regulation, Therapeutics and Law (PORTAL), Harvard Medical School

Center for Health System Sustainability (CHeSS), Brown University

Expertise

access to medicines, drug pricing, health economics, health policy, pharmaceutical policy