Nora Franzen

Nora Franzen completed with distinctions (cum laude) a PhD in Health Economics at the Netherlands Cancer Institute/University of Twente and a MSc in Health Science at Maastricht University. She holds a BA from the University of California, Berkeley. Previously to her academic career, she has worked for four years as a Senior Research Analyst for the strategic management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. 

Nora Franzen’s research interests lie in health economics and healthcare system research with a focus on innovation. During her PhD project, she conducted research on innovative payment strategies to increase the affordability of anticancer medicines. Currently, she holds a postdoctoral position in the group of Prof. van Harten & Dr. Retèl. Her research is focused on topics of affordability and accessibility of medicines in oncology.  She combines quantitative and qualitative research to increase the evidence base in the field (multi-agent modeling, scenario analysis, surveys, decision analysis, economic experimentation). Moreover, she is engaged in a large EU Horizon project to explore real world data methods in health technology assessment.

Nora is curiosity driven. She enjoys working in collaborative environments and applying her analytical and problem-solving skills to bring medical innovations to patients.