Emily Hulse is a Senior Research Associate at the Government Outcomes Lab, at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. She works with the UK government to evaluate outcomes-based financing, innovative partnerships, and the Mental Health and Employment Partnership.
Emily specialises in global health financing and strategy, and is passionate about improving women's health & mental health outcomes through evidence-based policy, practice, and partnerships. She is currently facilitating discussions with key UK funders (e.g research institutions, governmental departments, agencies, charitable foundations), in the areas of women’s health innovation, infectious diseases, climate health or other emerging themes. She would love to hear from stakeholders wishing to strengthen the ecosystem for global health R&D.
Previously she was the project lead for one longitudinal evaluation of social impact bonds and was part of the learning partnership for the Life Chances Fund and Invest for Health (HORIZON EUROPE) on case-studies implementing results-based programs using social impact investment. Previously, she has worked as a research fellow at global health and health economics research units across the UK and Australia. Earlier in her career, Emily was consulted for Health Technology Assessments, evaluating submissions into PBAC (the Australian equivalent for NICE). This involved conducted analysis on clinical effectiveness, safety, economic and budget impact of health technologies and advising the Department of Health and the standard HTA body in Australia policy recommendations for resource allocation and public spending.
Emily has a Bachelor of Biomedical Science, a Master of Public Health, and is finishing her PhD in Health Economics at the University of Oxford, where she has also taught for the Health Policy/Economics modules of the Masters of Translation Science. Emily is proficient in mixed methods research (including qualitative interviews, focus groups, surveys, cross-sectional studies, impact evaluations, quasi-experimental studies) and evidence synthesis (scoping, literature, and systematic reviews). Emily’s work has been published in a variety of high-impact journals including the BMJ Global Health, BMC Public Health, Preventing Chronic Disease, International Journal for Equity in Health, and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health in addition to high-level technical reports.
Academic papers
E. S. G. Hulse, R. Atun, B. McPake, J. T. Lee. (2021) Use of social impact bonds in financing health systems responses to noncommunicable disease: scoping review, BMJ Global Health.
M. Ishida, E. S. G. Hulse, R. K. Mahar, J. Gunn, R. Atun, B. McPake, et al. (2020) The Joint Effect of Physical Multimorbidity and Mental Health Conditions Among Adults in Australia. Prev Chronic Dis.
T. Pan, S. W. Mercer, Y. Zhao, B. McPake, A. Desloge, R. Atun, E. S. G. Hulse and J. T. Lee. (2021) The Association between Mental-Physical Multimorbidity and Disability, Work Productivity, and Social Participation in China: a Panel Data Analysis. BMC Public Health.
V. M. Qin, Y. Zhang, K. S. Chia, B. McPake, Y. Zhao, E. S. G. Hulse, H. Legido-Quigley and J. T. Lee. (2020) Temporal trends and variation in user fees for the older adults between 2011-2015 in China: evidence from a self-reported national survey data, International Journal for Equity in Health.
Y. Zhang, C. He, T. Peasgood, E. S. G. Hulse, J. Ong. (2022) Use of quality-of-life instruments for people living with HIV: a global systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of the International AIDS Society.
T. Marthias, K. Anindya, N. Ng, B. McPake, R. Atun, H. Arfyanto, E. S. G. Hulse, Y. Zhao H. Jusril, T. Pan, M. Ishida, J. T. Lee. (2021) Impact of non-communicable disease multimorbidity on health service use, catastrophic health expenditure and productivity loss in Indonesia: A population-based panel data analysis study, BMJOpen.
L. Nguyen, J. T. Lee, E. S. G. Hulse, M. V. Hoang, G. B. Kim, D. B. Le. (2021) Health service utilization and out-of-pocket expenditure associated with the continuum of disability in Vietnam.International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
K. Anindya, T. Marthias, S. Vellakkal, N. Carvalho, R. Atun, A. Morgan, Y. Zhao, E. S. G. Hulse, B. McPake, J. T. Lee. (2021) Socioeconomic inequalities in effective service coverage for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health: a comparative analysis of 39 low-income and middle-income countries. EClinicalMedicine (The Lancet).
Y. Zhao, K. Anindya, R. Atun, T. Marthias, C. Han, B. McPake, N. Duolikun, E. S. G. Hulse ESG, X. Fang, Y. Ding, B. Oldenburg, J. T. Lee. (2022) Provincial Heterogeneity in the Management of Care Cascade for Hypertension, Diabetes, and Dyslipidaemia in China: Analysis of Nationally Representative Population-Based Survey. Diabetes, and Dyslipidaemia in China: Analysis of Nationally Representative Population-Based Survey.