Maria Caterina Cavallo

Maria Caterina Cavallo is a Senior Researcher at the Center for Research on Health and Social Care Management (CERGAS) of SDA Bocconi School of Management.

Since 1994 she has coordinated numerous executive courses and has been involved in several educational activities targeting professionals in the Healthcare industry and Healthcare organizations and numerous research projects at international at national level (EU, Ministry of Health).

During these years, her research interests revolved around the use and impact of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) on decision making in Healthcare. Economic Evaluation of Medical Technologies and Cost of Illness Studies. Budget Impact Analysis of Innovative Medicines for Market Access. Health Policies analysis and evaluation in a national and comparative perspective. Governance of Medical Devices, with a focus on national and international Regulatory Systems for Vigilance and Post-Market Surveillance of Medical Devices; Disease Management and Process Re-engineering in Health Care. She is very interested in Not for Profit organizations topics.

She earned a MSc (4-year programme) in Business Administration and Management (Economics and Management in Public Administation) at Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan.

Teaching domains

• Health Technology Assessment
• Medical Devices and Healthcare Programs
• Economic Evaluations of Drugs
• Outcome Research
• National and International Health Regulation