About
Dr Rocco Friebel is Associate Professor of Health Policy and Deputy Director of LSE Health. He directs the Global Surgery Policy Unit (an LSE–Royal College of Surgeons of England partnership) and founded the WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Policy and Impact of Integrated Emergency, Critical, and Operative Care at LSE. In 2025–26 he was a Harkness Fellow at Columbia University and Brown University.
His research applies econometric evaluation to health system delivery and quality of care, spanning healthcare regulation, health system strengthening, patient safety, and global surgery. His work appears in Health Affairs, The Lancet, and Social Science and Medicine, and is funded by the NIHR, AHRQ, Elrha, and Global Health Partnerships.
He edits Health Economics, Policy and Law (Cambridge University Press), sits on the steering committee of the European Health Policy Group, and founded and previously hosted LSE's HealthTalks podcast. He advises the WHO, OECD, and national governments — including on measuring integrated emergency, critical, and operative care under World Health Assembly Resolution 76.2. He is former Programme Director of the Executive MSc in Healthcare Decision-Making, delivered with NICE. He holds a PhD from Imperial College London and was previously a Senior Analyst at the Health Foundation.
On Sabbatical 2025/26
Teaching
Programme Director, Executive MSc Healthcare Decision-Making
HP433 Health Care Regulation
HP4F5E Health Care Regulation
HP4C2E Quality and Outcomes in Clinical Sciences
HP402 Measuring Health System Performance
HP434 Methods and Data for Health Systems Performance Assessment
HP4G4E Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
External affiliations
Non-Resident Fellow, Center for Global Development
International Health Economics Association
European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging
Expertise
Health System Performance, Healthcare Regulation, Quality of Care, Patient Safety, Measurement, Health Service Re-Organisation, Policy Evaluation.