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Dimitra Panteli

Hub Coordinator Berlin

Biography

Dimitra leads the Observatory’s work on innovation and its team at the Berlin Hub (Technical University of Berlin).  

Her work focuses on evidence-informed health policy and evidence-based health care in Europe, primarily regarding the implementation of different types of innovation, such as medicines, digital health technologies and new models of care. She is specialized in comparative health systems research, with cross-cutting interests that span a range of topics including quality of and access to care, as well as the development of climate resilient and sustainable health systems. 

Dimitra was based at the Observatory’s Brussels office between 2020-2025. Before joining the Observatory, Dimitra worked as a senior research fellow at the Department of Health Care Management at Technische Universität Berlin, a role she held for more than 10 years. She holds a doctorate in public health from the Technische Universität Berlin, a Masters in Science – Public Health from the Charité Medical University in Berlin (as a scholar of the German Academic Exchange Service), and a Medical Degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece.

She spent the 2016–2017 academic year as a Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow in Washington, DC.

Recent publication highlights

  • Fahy N, Mauer N, Panteli D (2025). From ideas to reality: an introduction to generating and implementing innovation in health systems. Copenhagen: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, WHO Regional Office for Europe. 
  • Litvinova Y, Lafolie P, Panteli D (2025). Personalized medicine for healthier populations: Key considerations for policy-makers. Copenhagen: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, WHO Regional Office for Europe. 
  • Mauer N, Durvy B, Panteli D (2025). How can health care facilities reduce their environmental footprint and contribute to more sustainable health systems? Copenhagen: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, WHO Regional Office for Europe. 
  • Panteli D, Adib K, Buttigieg S, Goiana-da-Silva F, Ladewig K, Azzopardi-Muscat N, Figueras J, Novillo-Ortiz D, McKee M (2025). Artificial intelligence in public health: promises, challenges, and an agenda for policy makers and public health institutions. Lancet Public Health 28:S2468-2667(25)00036-2. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(25)00036-2.
  • Shuftan N, Dayan M, Scobie S, Wee B, Dimova A, Atanasova E, Murauskiene L, Gandré C, Or Z, Augusto GF, Habicht T, Köhler K, Kahur K, Axelsson B, Kroneman M, de Jong J, de Veer A, Bemelmans W, Pereira C, Aggarwal A, Davies J, van Ginneken E, Panteli D (2025). The variation of coverage and access to palliative care for cancer patients in eight European countries: an exploratory vignette approach. BMC Palliat Care. 24(1):188. doi: 10.1186/s12904-025-01831-1. 
  • Litvinova Y, Merkur S, Allin S, Angulo-Pueyo E, Behmane D, Bernal-Delgado E, Dalmas M, De Belvis A, Edwards N, Estupiñán-Romero F, Gaal P, Gerkens S, Jamieson M, Morsella A, Picecchi D, Røshol H, Saunes IS, Sullivan T, Szécsényi-Nagy B, Vijver IV, Walter R, Panteli D (2024). Availability and financing of CAR-T cell therapies: A cross-country comparative analysis. Health Policy 149:105153. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2024.105153.
  • Panteli D, Anderson M, Fieldman T, Baraldi E, Tängdén T, Vogler S, Årdal C, Mossialos E (2024). Policy options for sustainable access to off-patent antibiotics in Europe. NPJ Antimicrob Resist 25;2(1):40. doi: 10.1038/s44259-024-00061-4.
  • Panteli D, Mauer N, Winkelmann J, Fahy N (2024). Transforming health service delivery: what can policy-makers do to drive change? World Health Organization. Regional Office for Europe. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/379279. 


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