Tanja Sturm
Policy Analyst
BA; MA; MSc in Health Policy, Planning and Financing (LSHTM - LSE)
Tanja Sturm joined the London-based HPD in November 2007 as a Policy Analyst. Prior to joining The George Institute, Tanja worked as a consultant for the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva where she was involved in several projects relating to medicines pricing and affordability in Africa. In 2006, Tanja obtained her MSc in Health Policy, Planning and Financing (HPPF) from the London School of Economics and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Prior to this, Tanja worked as a Latin America editor at the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). At the EIU Tanja was the lead analyst for a number of Latin American countries and was responsible for conducting two-year macro-economic forecasts and quarterly risk ratings. Before joining the EIU, Tanja worked as a healthcare research analyst at Global Insight. Here she provided blue-chip companies with in-depth research relating to political and pharmaceutical market trends in Latin America, pharmaceutical regulation, pricing and reimbursement affairs, and US pharmaceutical company competitor intelligence. Tanja’s previous academic training includes a BA in History and Spanish and an MA in Latin American Studies.