Jonathan Filippon has a BSc in General Nursing, holding an MSc (University of São Paulo, Brazil) and a PhD in Public Health (Queen Mary University of London, UK). He has worked and done research in clinical settings in South America and the UK, mostly in the field of public and mental health policies, primary care and healthcare access for vulnerable communities.
His research focuses on the Political Economy of Health and Healthcare, studying the aspects related to Health Systems and Social Welfare. He explores the effects that the commodification of healthcare access has on healthcare financing, workforce arrangements, service delivery and utilisation. His interests are on social welfare and health systems policy making, its analysis and implementation using research mixed-methods approaches. Some of my research is also dedicated to the effects that international trade policies have on healthcare services delivery and population access.
He is part of the Global Public Health Unit, which belongs to the Centre for Public Health and Policy at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health (WIPH). In 2021 he was appointed as course lead of the MSc in Global Public Health and Policy and co-lead of the WIPH postgraduate courses. Within the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (FMD) he is a member of the Global Engagement and Partnerships Committee, helping to foster a culture of continuous international collaboration with overseas institutions.
With other colleagues he coordinates the IIPPE Working Group on Political Economy of Health and Healthcare which is used as a platform to gather scholars interested in the theme through public lectures, workshops and participation in scientific conferences. I have ongoing academic collaborations with the School of Public Health of the University of São Paulo (USP/Brazil), the Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES/Brazil), University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass/US) and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh/Greece).