Universitetet
I Oslo

Team Members
Universitetet I Oslo

Eline Aas

Eline Aas is a Professor at the Department of Health Management and Health Economics at the University of Oslo and holds a joint-position at Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Her current research is primary related to economic evaluations alongside clinical trials, decision analytic modelling, register data analysis, health behavior and inequalities in health. Prof. Aas has been involved in evaluation of clinical trial in several areas, including screening for colorectal cancer, precision cancer medicine, laparoscopic versus open surgery for metastatic colorectal cancer, liver transplantation, cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescent with post-traumatic stress disorder, hip fractures and rehabilitation for patients with traumatic brain injury. In several of these trials, register data has been linked to the clinical trials. Aas is PI for several research projects and teach several master courses in Economic Evaluation (including EU-HEM).

Emily Burger

Emily Burger is an Associate Professor at the University of Oslo, Department of Health Management and Health Economics (Oslo, Norway) and holds an academic appointment as a Research Scientist at the Harvard Center for Health Decision Science (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Boston, MA, USA)) . Her current research primarily involves using decision-analytic methods (e.g., dynamic transmission and state transition models) to design and evaluate new preventive policies for cancer control, with a focus on evaluating high-priority questions to increase resource efficiency in the context of both high- and low-resource settings. Dr. Burger’s work has helped inform current USPFTF cervical cancer screening guidelines, global cervical cancer elimination policy for the World Health Organization and helped inform national cervical and HPV control policies in Norway. Dr. Burger is a co-investigator of the US NCI-sponsored CISNET comparative modeling consortium as well as of the PATH single-dose HPV vaccination consortium.

Eli Feiring

Eli Feiring is a Professor at the University of Oslo, Department of Health Management and Health Economics (Oslo, Norway) and is elected Vice-Dean at the Faculty if Medicine at the University of Oslo (Oslo, Norway). Her current research primarily focuses on public health ethics, healthcare priority setting and expertise and health policy in the context of both high- and low-resource settings. Recently, Prof. Feiring was a member of the expert committee on prioritising COVID-19 vaccination in Norway, and her work has helped inform the Norwegian guidelines for COVID-19 vaccine priority setting. She is currently member of the Norwegian Dental Care Commission. 

Kine Pedersen

Kine Pedersen is an Associate Professor at the Department of Health Management and Health Economics at the University of Oslo. Her academic work focuses on the evaluation of healthcare interventions, health economic analysis, disease simulation modeling, and the economics of prevention, screening, and precision cancer medicine. She also studies primary care and general practitioner services. Kine teaches courses in economic evaluation and research design and holds a PhD in Health Economics and Health Policy from the University of Oslo.

Yansi Wu

Yansi Wu is a Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Health Management and Health Economics at the University of Oslo. His research focuses on applying mathematical modeling to evaluate the cost, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and healthcare policies—particularly in oncology and disease prevention. He is especially interested in data-driven healthcare strategies that improve accessibility, affordability, and sustainability. Yansi is currently involved in the EU-funded ASCERTAIN project, contributing to Work Package 5 by developing cost-effectiveness and budget impact models for innovative health technologies. He holds an M.Phil. in Health Economics, Policy, and Management from the University of Oslo and a B.A. in Economics from Boston University. In 2023, he received the Lee B. Lusted Student Award in Applied Health Economics from the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM).

Benjamin Peter Geisler

Benjamin Peter Geisler is a Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Health Management and Health Economics at the University of Oslo.

Pia Sofie Henkel

Pia Sofie Henkel is a Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Health Management and Health Economics at the University of Oslo. Her academic interests include health economic evaluation and modelling, next-generation sequencing for precision cancer medicine, and the integration of environmental aspects into economic assessments. She also focuses on European HTA processes and improving market access to innovative health technologies. Pia holds a European Master in Health Economics and Management (EU-HEM, 2022) and a Bachelor of Arts in International Business (2018) from accadis Hochschule Bad Homburg, Germany.

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