Julia Zimmermann

Dr Julia Zimmermann is a Technical Officer at the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies based at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Her work at the Observatory focuses on health system resilience, health system performance assessment and comparative analysis.

Before joining the European Observatory, Julia worked at the Department of Health and Social Care in the UK and completed a Blue Book traineeship at the European Commission (DG SANTE).  She is a GMC registered medical doctor, and has worked clinically in various medical and surgical specialties.

Julia holds a joint MSc in Health Policy, Planning and Financing from the LSE and LSHTM and an MBBS and BSc in Immunity and Infection from Imperial College.

Publication highlights

Zimmermann J et al. (2024). Strengthening health systems: A practical handbook for resilience testing. Paris, OECD Publishing & Copenhagen, WHO Regional Office for Europe

Papanicolas, I., Guha, M., Karanikolos, M., Zimmermann, J., Nuzzo, J., Prado, A., Hanvoravongchai, P., & Liu, A. (2024). "Chapter 7: Using health system performance assessment to examine health system resilience". In Handbook of Health System Resilience. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. Retrieved Oct 3, 2024, from  https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803925936.00014

Karreinen S, Tynkkynen LK, Keskimäki I, Satokangas M, Zimmermann J, Haywood P, Cylus J, Karanikolos M. (2024) Resilience testing in action – Piloting the health system resilience testing tool with a pandemic scenario in Finland. BMC Health Services Research