Manuel Espinoza

Dr. Manuel Espinoza is a consultant at UNOPS and associate professor in the Department of Public Health and head of the Health Technology Assessment Unit at the Center for Clinical Research (Pontifical Catholic University of Chile). He is also an Honorary Fellow of the Center for Health Economics at York University and editor-in-chief of Value in Health Regional Issues, the journal published by the Professional Society for Health Economics and Health Outcomes Research (ISPOR). At this institution, he has been a member of the international board of directors, president of the ISPOR Latin America Consortium, and president of the ISPOR Chile Chapter. His work is focused on developing methods to explore heterogeneity in cost-effectiveness analysis and consider the elements of equity in the techniques of economic evaluation in health. He has also conducted research in areas such as priority setting, process definition, the institutional arrangement for decision-making on health coverage, and patient participation in health coverage decision-making. Additionally, Dr. Espinoza has extensive experience in applied research conducting cost-effectiveness and budget impact studies on medicines, medical devices, and screening programs. Dr. Espinoza is a licensed physician from the Pontificia Catholic University of Chile. He has a master's degree in epidemiology from the same institution and a master's degree in biostatistics from the University of Chile. Finally, Dr. Espinoza has an additional master's degree in health economics and a doctorate in economics, both from the University of York.