ProfessorElena Pizzo

Elena Pizzo is a Professor of Health Economics and Evaluation within the Imperial College School of Public Health (ICTU) and the Department of Economics and Public Policy at the Business School. She is a health economist specialising in economic evaluation alongside clinical trials, health technology assessment (HTA) and decision modelling in healthcare.      

Her research focuses on the assessment of healthcare technologies, complex interventions and health system innovation across cancer, stroke, mental health, surgery, digital health and public health. She has extensive experience leading economic evaluations embedded within multicentre randomised controlled trials and complex NHS service interventions, with research informing NICE guidance, NHS commissioning and wider policy initiatives.

Professor Pizzo provides strategic leadership through multidisciplinary collaborations spanning public health, digital innovation and health system transformation. She works closely with clinicians, policymakers, NHS organisations and academic partners across Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia, with a particular interest in translating economic evidence into policy and practice.

She also holds a number of national and international advisory roles in health economics and HTA. She serves on NIHR funding and policy committees, provides methodological expertise to international clinical trial and cancer detection initiatives, and advises NHS organisations, commissioning bodies and global health partnerships on evaluation and evidence-based decision making.

Professor Pizzo serves on the editorial boards of several international journals, including BMC Health Service Research, Frontiers in Health Services. She is Guest Editor of the BMC special collection on "The cost effectiveness of Digital Health Services".

Elena holds a PhD in Economics and Management from the University of Padua (2009). Her previous appointments include the Institute of Epidemiology at University College London (2014-2026), Imperial College Business School (2009-2014), the Department of Economics at the University of Padua (2008), and Department of Economics at the University of Ferrara (2004-2008).