Dimitra Panteli

Programme Manager, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies

Dimitra Panteli, MD, MScPH, DrPH, leads the work on innovation at the European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. She studied medicine and public health and has been working in health systems research for 15 years. Dimitra´s work at the Observatory aims at supporting evidence-informed decisions in health policy and practice, particularly around the implementation of different types of innovation towards strengthening health system performance. This spans areas like ensuring access to effective medicines, digitalisation and the transformation of service delivery to meet the changing needs of populations in light of existing and emerging challenges. Before joining the Observatory in Brussels in October 2020, Dimitra was senior research fellow and managing director at the Department of Health Care Management at the Technische Universität Berlin (TUB), Germany, where she remains a lecturer in Public Health.