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- Dr Selina Rajan
- Natasha Curry
Editors
Gemma Williams
Biography
Before
joining the Observatory, Gemma worked as a Research Officer at LSE
Health and as an ODI Fellow Health Economist in the Rwandan Ministry of
Health.
Recent publications
1. Williams GA, Liede S, Fahy N, Aittomaki K, Perola M, Helander T, McKee M, Sagan A. Regulating the unknown: A guide to regulating genomics for health policy-makers. Health
Systems and Policy Analysis Series. Policy Brief 38. Copenhagen: World
Health Organization 2021 (acting as the host organization for, and
secretariat of, the European Observatory on Health Systems and
Policies).
2. Williams GA, Jacob G, Rakovac I, Scotter C, Wismar M. Health
professional mobility in the WHO European Region and the WHO Global
Code of Practice: data from the joint OECD/EUROSTAT/WHO-Europe
questionnaire. European Journal of Public Health. 2020; 30(4): iv5–iv11.
3. Williams GA, Cylus J, Roubal T, Ong P, Barber S. Sustainable health financing with an ageing population: Will population ageing lead to uncontrolled health expenditure growth? Economics of Health and Active Ageing Series. Copenhagen: World Health Organization 2019 (acting as the host organization for, and secretariat of, the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies).