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Natalia Kunst

Resume

Education

2017-2021
Department of Health Management and Health Economics, University of Oslo, Norway

PhD in Health Economic Evaluation and Health Policy

*Dissertation title: Evidence and uncertainty in an iterative decision-making framework in health and medicine

2009-2011
Department of Economics, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland

Master’s degree in European Studies with a major in Economics and EU Finance

*Graduated with Rector’s Gold Medal
*Awarded prize for the best master’s thesis in Labor Economics by the Regional Labor Office in Gdansk, Poland
*Awarded Rector's scholarship for excellent results

2009-2011
Department of Economics and Policy, Gdynia Maritime University, Poland

Master’s degree in Management with a major in Finance and Accounting

*Awarded Rector's scholarship for excellent results

Experience

2023 - Current
Centre for Health Economics, University of York, UK

Senior Research Fellow (Associate Professor)

2023 - Current
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), UK

NICE Technology Appraisal Committee Member

2022 - Current
Center for Healthcare Research in Pediatrics (CHeRP), Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

Affiliated Member

2020 - Current
Yale University School of Public Health, USA

Research Affiliate

2020 - Current
Cancer Outcomes, Public Policy and Effectiveness Research Cancer Center (COPPER), Yale University School of Medicine

Affiliated Member

2022 - 2023
University of Oslo

Associate Professor (20% effort)

2022 - 2023
Norwegian Directorate of Health

Senior Advisor

2020 - 2022
Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, USA

Post-doctoral Research Fellow

Thomas O. Pyle Fellowship Awardee

2019 - 2020
Yale University School of Medicine, USA

Postgraduate Research Fellow

2018 - 2020
Yale University School of Public Health, USA

Visiting PhD Candidate

2017 - 2020
University of Oslo, Norway

PhD Candidate in Health Economics and Health Policy

2017 - 2020
Amsterdam University Medical Centers, The Netherlands

Research Fellow

2016 - 2020
Link Medical Research, Norway

Senior Health Economist

2015 - 2016
Link Medical Research, Norway

Health Economist

Skills

Health economic modeling

Value of information analysis

Health economic evaluation

Statistical modeling

Data analysis

Health policy

Health economics

Economics

Health Technology Assessment (HTA)

Outcomes research

Health services research

Precision Medicine

Software Skills

R

Excel with VBA

Amua

Python (learning)

C++ (learning)

Academic Honors and Awards

2021
Harvard University and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation

Thomas O. Pyle Fellowship

2020
2019 Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) North American Meeting

Award for the best short course titled “Research Prioritisation and Study Design Using Value of Information Analysis”

2019 - 2020
Research Council of Norway

Overseas research scholarship for the Research Fellow position at the Yale University School of Medicine

2017 - 2020
Research Council of Norway, LINK Medical Research & University of Oslo

PhD scholarship at the University of Oslo

2011
Regional Labor Office in Gdansk, Poland

Award for the best master’s thesis in Labor Economics

2011
Gdansk University of Technology, Poland

Gold medal for outstanding academic results and scientific research during the master’s program from the Rector of Gdansk University of Technology, Poland

2011 - 2012
Gdansk University of Technology, Poland

Rector's scholarship for excellent results in courses at the PhD level in Economics

2006 - 2011
Gdansk University of Technology, Poland

Rector's scholarship for excellent results during the bachelor’s degree study and both master’s degree programs