Profile
I hold an MSc degree in Statistics and a Ph.D. degree in Economics & Management, both from the University of Padua (Italy).
Before joining Queen Mary University of London in 2022 as a Lecturer, I worked as an Advanced Research Fellow in Health Economics at the Imperial College London and I held similar positions at Bocconi (Italy) and Oxford.
Research
Research Interests:
My primary research interest is to understand how policy can affect health.
This ranges from assessing the association between mortality rates and large macroeconomic shock, through to developing and evaluating intervention for individuals suffering from mental health conditions (such as depression and/or social anxiety) and long-term comorbidities
Publications
Toffolutti V, ReevesA, McKee M, Stuckler D. Outsourcing cleaning services increases MRSA incidence: evidence from 126 English acute Social science & medicine. 2017 Feb 1;174:64-9.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.12.015
Toffolutti V, Stuckler D. A culture of opennessis associated with lower mortality rates among 137 English National health service acute Health Affairs. 2019 May 1;38(5):844-50.
https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2018.05303
Koltai J, Toffolutti V, McKee M, Stuckler D. Prevalence and changes in food-related hardships by socioeconomic and demographic groups during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: A longitudinal panel study. The Lancet Regional Health-Europe. 2021 Jul 1;6:100125.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100125
Toffolutti V, Stuckler D, McKee M, Wolsey I, ChapmanJ, J Pimm T, Ryder J, Salt H, M Clark D. The employment and mental health impact of integrated Improving Access to Psychological Therapies: Evidence on secondary health care utilization from a pragmatic trial in three English counties. Journal of health services research & policy. 2021 Oct;26(4):224-33.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1355819621997493
Toffolutti V, Plach S, Maksimovic T, Piccitto G, Mascherini M, Mencarini L, Aassve A. The association between COVID-19 policy responses and mental well-being: Evidence from 28 European countries. Social Science & Medicine. 2022 May 1;301:114906.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114906
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