Linda Fenocchi
Researcher in Health Economics
Yunus Centre
Dr Linda Fenocchi is a Lecturer of Health Economics for the Masters Public Health programme and an active health economist researcher. Linda’s research focuses on economic evaluation methodology, with application to clinical trials and to complex interventions influencing public health, patient-reported outcome measures for economic evaluation, and pedagogy for teaching health economics.
A co-applicant on the DIMES study, a project to evaluate the impact of Distress Brief Intervention (DBI) on suicidal ideation, suicidal behaviour and self-harm [NIHR 2022-2025], building on prior work evaluating the Distress Brief Intervention, Linda was a researcher for the FinWell COVID study, exploring the financial lives and wellbeing of people in low-income groups post COVID-19 [UKRI 2021], and has provided health economics input to various studies.
Linda submitted her thesis titled “Measuring health outcomes for economic evaluation of conservative treatment for foot pain” in 2020.
Linda previously worked in central government policy roles for 16 years as a policy manager, including as a private secretary to successive Health Ministers. This experience informs Linda’s approach to research and teaching, where she seeks to highlight the practical application and impact of research on real-world decision-making.
Linda is the founding Chair of the Scottish Health Economics Early Career Network, a member of the UK Health Economic Study Group (HESG) Early Career Researcher subcommittee, and an Auroran (2022 programme). She is currently undertaking professional learning in academic practice with a view to achieving a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy, and is a member of UK Health Economists Study Group HESG, ISPOR and International Health Economists Association (iHEA).