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Suszy Lessof
Deputy Director
Biography
Suszy is the Deputy Director of the Observatory and based in Brussels.
She works with the Observatory team and the Steering Committee to ensure the Observatory’s work plan focuses on policy priorities and adds value. She develops policy and strategy and supports implementation, and monitors budget, staffing and review across hubs so that the team’s efforts are coherent and effective. Her role includes liaising with colleagues, Partners and key stakeholders to align the Observatory’s work with what others (in Member States, the WHO Regional Office for Europe and the European Commission), are doing in the area of health systems and policies.
Suszy has oversight of the country monitoring function with its HiT series, the State of Health in the EU profiles, the Health Systems and Policies Monitor (HSPM) and is supporting developments on monitoring COVID (HSRM) and to extend the reach of the Observatory’s health systems review.
She is also part of developing and strengthening knowledge brokering, capturing the tacit knowledge built up over time in guidance and process on how to share evidence and strengthening Observatory practice.
Recent publications
1. Merkur S, Cylus J, van Ginneken E, Maresso A, Lessof S. Lessons from the first wave: the COVID-19 Health System Response Monitor (HSRM) An evidence resource and a source of analysis. Eurohealth 2020;26(2):5-9.
2. Williams GA, Ulla Díez SM, Figueras J, Lessof S. Translating evidence into policy during the COVID-19 pandemic: bridging science and policy (and politics). Health system responses to COVID-19. Eurohealth 2020; 26(2).
3. Rechel B, Lessof S, Busse R, McKee M, Figueras J, Mossialos E, van Ginneken E. A Framework for Health System Comparisons: The Health Systems in Transition (HiT) Series of the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. January 2019.
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