Irina Pokhilenko MSc, PhD

Irina Pokhilenko

Department of Applied Health Sciences
Research Fellow

Contact details

Email
i.pokhilenko@bham.ac.uk
Twitter
@I_Pokhilenko
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Address
Health Economics Unit
Occupational & Environmental Medicine Building
University of Birmingham

Irina joined the Health Economics Unit and the Centre for Economics of Obesity led by Professor Emma Frew in 2021.  Irina’s research interests are in the field of economics of mental health and obesity, and the use of health economics methods to capture the complexity of public health interventions.

Qualifications

Research Fellow: 

  • PhD in Health Economics, Maastricht University, 2022
  • MSc in Healthcare Policy, Innovation and Management, Maastricht University, 2018

Biography

Irina is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Applied Health Research.

Irina obtained her MSc degree in Healthcare Policy, Innovation and Management from Maastricht University in 2018. She joined the department of Health Services Research, Maastricht University in 2018 as a junior researcher. She was involved in the PECUNIA project, in which she focused on the development of methods for conducting multi-sectoral multi-national economic evaluations in Europe. During that time, Irina completed her PhD in Health Economics.

Irina joined the Health Economics Unit, University of Birmingham in October 2021.  As part of the recently established Centre for Economics of Obesity, she is involved in research on wider determinants of obesity.

Teaching

Teaching activity:

Postgraduate supervision

If you are interested in doing a PhD that aligns with Irina’s research interests then please get in touch.

Research

Previous research activity:

Irina Pokhilenko Public PhD Defence

Other activities

Founding member and Convenor for Research and Dissemination of iHEA Special Interest Group on Mental Health Economics    

Association member:

  • Health Economists’ Study Group (HESG)
  • International Health Economics Association (iHEA)

Publications

Pokhilenko, I., Janssen, L.M., Paulus, A.T., Drost, R.M., Hollingworth, W., Thorn, J.C., Noble, S., Simon, J., Fischer, C., Mayer, S. and Salvador-Carulla, L., 2023. Development of an Instrument for the Assessment of Health-Related Multi-sectoral Resource Use in Europe: The PECUNIA RUM. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, pp.1-12.

Pokhilenko, I., Kast, T., Janssen, L.M.M., Evers, S.M.A.A., Paulus, A.T.G., Simon, J., Mayer, S., Berger, M., Konnopka, A., Muntendorf, L. and Brodszky, V., 2023. International comparability of reference unit costs of education services: when harmonizing methodology is not enough (PECUNIA project). Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research, 23(1), pp.135-141.

Frew, E., Afentou, N., Mohtashami Borzadaran, H., Candio, P. and Pokhilenko, I., 2022. Using Economics to Impact Local Obesity Policy: Introducing the UK Centre for Economics of Obesity (CEO). Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 20(5), pp.629-635.

Pokhilenko, I., van Esch, T. E., Brabers, A. E., & de Jong, J. D. (2021). Relationship between trust and patient involvement in medical decision-making: A cross-sectional study. Plos one, 16(8), e0256698. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256698

Janssen, L. M., Drost, R. M., Paulus, A. T., Garfield, K., Hollingworth, W., Noble, S., Thorn, J.C., Pokhilenko, I. & Evers, S. M. (2021). Aspects and Challenges of Resource Use Measurement in Health Economics: Towards a Comprehensive Measurement Framework. PharmacoEconomics, 39(9), 983-993. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40273-021-01048-z

Pokhilenko, I., Janssen, L. M., Evers, S. M., Drost, R. M., Schnitzler, L., & Paulus, A. T. (2021). Do Costs in the Education Sector Matter? A Systematic Literature Review of the Economic Impact of Psychosocial Problems on the Education Sector. PharmacoEconomics, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40273-021-01049-y

Schnitzler, L., Janssen, L. M., Evers, S. M., Jackson, L. J., Paulus, A. T., Roberts, T. E., & Pokhilenko, I. (2021). The broader societal impacts of COVID-19 and the growing importance of capturing these in health economic analyses. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 37. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266462321000155

Bremmers, L., Evers, S., Drost, R., Janssen, L., Pokhilenko, I., & Paulus, A. (2020). Intersectoral Costs and Benefits of Mental and Behavioural Disorders in the Education Sector. The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 23(4), 115-137. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/133375

Pokhilenko, I., Janssen, L. M., Hiligsmann, M., Evers, S. M., Drost, R. M., Paulus, A. T., & Bremmers, L. G. (2021). The Relative Importance of Education and Criminal Justice Costs and Benefits in Economic Evaluations: A Best–Worst Scaling Experiment. PharmacoEconomics, 39(1), 99-108. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40273-020-00966-8

Janssen, L. M., Pokhilenko, I., Evers, S. M., Paulus, A. T., Simon, J., König, H. H., ... & Drost, R. M. (2020). Exploring the identification, validation, and categorization of the cost and benefits of criminal justice in mental health: the PECUNIA project. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 36(4), 418-425. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266462320000471

Pokhilenko, I., Janssen, L. M., Evers, S. M., Drost, R. M., Simon, J., König, H. H., ... & Paulus, A. T. (2020). Exploring the identification, validation, and categorization of costs and benefits of education in mental health: The PECUNIA project. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 36(4), 325-331. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266462320000203

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