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Sotiris Vandoros, Ph.D.

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London School of EconomicsPhD

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Sotiris Vandoros is Professor of Health Economics at University College London (UCL), and Adjunct Professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. At UCL, he is Director of the Executive MBA Health programme. Before joining UCL, he was Associate Dean for Doctoral Studies and Associate Professor at King's College London. He holds a PhD from the LSE.

His research focuses primarily on the socioeconomic determinants of health; on policies affecting health-related behaviours; and on regulation, pricing and competition in pharmaceutical markets.

Prof Vandoros’ research is interdisciplinary and as such it has been published in leading journals in various fields, including the Review of Economics & Statistics; the American Journal of Epidemiology; the European Journal of Epidemiology; Health Affairs; the American Journal of Public Health; Experimental Economics; Health Economics; Risk Analysis; Journal of the Royal Statistical Society; Social Science & Medicine etc.

He is currently co-Editor of Globalization & Health and serves on the Editorial Board of Health Policy.

Prof Vandoros has carried out research for national and international organisations and governments such as the World Health Organization, the NHS, the European Commission and the European Parliament.

He teaches at UCL and Harvard, and has previously taught at LSE, King’s College London, Brunel, Sorbonne-Cité and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences.
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  1. Goto H, Kawachi I, Vandoros S. The association between economic uncertainty and suicide in Japan by age, sex, employment status, and population density: an observational study. Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2024 May; 46:101069. PMID: 38711964; PMCID: PMC11070334.
    Citations: 2
  2. Blankart KE, Vandoros S. Explaining why increases in generic use outpace decreases in brand name medicine use in multisource markets and the role of regulation. PLoS One. 2024; 19(5):e0301716. PMID: 38696520; PMCID: PMC11065256.
    Citations: 1
    Fields: MedMedicine (General)SciScienceTranslation:Humans
  3. Kyriopoulos I, Vandoros S, Kawachi I. State-level economic uncertainty and cardiovascular disease deaths: evidence from the United States. Eur J Epidemiol. 2023 Nov; 38(11):1175-1183. PMID: 37966544; PMCID: PMC10663230.
    Citations: 1
    Fields: EpiEpidemiologyTranslation:Humans
  4. Muris, C., Raposo, P., & Vandoros, S. A Dynamic Ordered Logit Model with Fixed Effects. Review of Economics and Statistics. 2023; 1-36.View Publication.
  5. Kanavos P, Vandoros S. Road traffic mortality and economic uncertainty: Evidence from the United States. Soc Sci Med. 2023 06; 326:115891. PMID: 37100029.
    Citations: 1
    Fields: HeaHealth ServicesSocSocial SciencesTranslation:Humans
  6. Kawachi I, Kyriopoulos I, Vandoros S. Economic uncertainty and cardiovascular disease mortality. Health Econ. 2023 07; 32(7):1550-1560. PMID: 36952311.
    Citations: 4
    Fields: HeaHealth ServicesTranslation:Humans
  7. Kyriopoulos I, Vandoros S, Kawachi I. Police killings and suicide among Black Americans. Soc Sci Med. 2022 07; 305:114964. PMID: 35660700.
    Citations: 7
    Fields: HeaHealth ServicesSocSocial SciencesTranslation:Humans
  8. Vandoros S, Kawachi I. Minimum Alcohol Pricing and Motor Vehicle Collisions in Scotland. Am J Epidemiol. 2022 03 24; 191(5):867-873. PMID: 34849531.
    Citations: 1
    Fields: EpiEpidemiologyTranslation:Humans
  9. Velias A, Georganas S, Vandoros S. COVID-19: Early evening curfews and mobility. Soc Sci Med. 2022 01; 292:114538. PMID: 34823131; PMCID: PMC8588835.
    Citations: 7
    Fields: HeaHealth ServicesSocSocial SciencesTranslation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
  10. Vandoros S, Kawachi I. Economic uncertainty and suicide in the United States. Eur J Epidemiol. 2021 Jun; 36(6):641-647. PMID: 34114185.
    Citations: 7
    Fields: EpiEpidemiologyTranslation:Humans
  11. Vandoros S. COVID-19, lockdowns and motor vehicle collisions: empirical evidence from Greece. Inj Prev. 2022 02; 28(1):81-85. PMID: 33963056.
    Citations: 9
    Fields: PedPediatricsTraTraumatologyTranslation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
  12. Kavetsos, G., Kawachi, I., Kyriopoulos, I. and Vandoros, S. The effect of the Brexit referendum result on subjective well-being. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (Statistics in Society). 2021; 184(2):707-731.View Publication.
  13. Vandoros S, Gong X, Kawachi I. The link between unemployment and opioid prescribing. An instrumental variable approach using evidence from England. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2020 Oct 22. PMID: 33093186.
    Citations: 3
    Fields: EpiEpidemiologyHeaHealth ServicesPubPublic Health
  14. Vandoros S. Invited Commentary: The Association Between Florida's Opioid Crackdown and Opioid-Related Mortality-The Roles of Economic Factors and Mortality Misclassification. Am J Epidemiol. 2020 09 01; 189(9):894-897. PMID: 32077473.
    Citations: 4
    Fields: EpiEpidemiologyTranslation:Humans
  15. Vandoros S. Excess mortality during the Covid-19 pandemic: Early evidence from England and Wales. Soc Sci Med. 2020 08; 258:113101. PMID: 32521411; PMCID: PMC7836531.
    Citations: 53
    Fields: HeaHealth ServicesSocSocial SciencesTranslation:HumansPHPublic Health
  16. Dioikitopoulos EV, Minos D, Vandoros S. The (Agri-)Cultural origins of obesity. Soc Sci Med. 2020 01; 244:112523. PMID: 31689564.
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    Fields: HeaHealth ServicesSocSocial SciencesTranslation:Humans
  17. Vandoros S, Kawachi I. The relative risk of motor vehicle collision on cannabis celebration day in Great Britain. Accid Anal Prev. 2019 Jul; 128:248-252. PMID: 30902341.
    Citations: 1
    Fields: TraTraumatologyTranslation:HumansAnimals
  18. Vandoros S, Avendano M, Kawachi I. The association between economic uncertainty and suicide in the short-run. Soc Sci Med. 2019 01; 220:403-410. PMID: 30529798.
    Citations: 23
    Fields: HeaHealth ServicesSocSocial SciencesTranslation:Humans
  19. Vandoros S, Avendano M, Kawachi I. The EU referendum and mental health in the short term: a natural experiment using antidepressant prescriptions in England. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2019 02; 73(2):168-175. PMID: 30464033.
    Citations: 7
    Fields: EpiEpidemiologyHeaHealth ServicesPubPublic HealthTranslation:Humans
  20. Vandoros S, Avendano M, Kawachi I. The short-term impact of economic uncertainty on motor vehicle collisions. Prev Med. 2018 06; 111:87-93. PMID: 29427672.
    Citations: 4
    Fields: PubPublic HealthTranslation:Humans
  21. Jofre-Bonet M, Serra-Sastre V, Vandoros S. The impact of the Great Recession on health-related risk factors, behaviour and outcomes in England. Soc Sci Med. 2018 01; 197:213-225. PMID: 29257987.
    Citations: 18
    Fields: HeaHealth ServicesSocSocial SciencesTranslation:Humans
  22. Petrou P, Vandoros S. Healthcare reforms in Cyprus 2013-2017: Does the crisis mark the end of the healthcare sector as we know it? Health Policy. 2018 02; 122(2):75-80. PMID: 29274916.
    Citations: 4
    Fields: HeaHealth Services ResearchPubPublic HealthTranslation:Humans
  23. van der Windt P, Vandoros S. Democracy and health: Evidence from within-country heterogeneity in the Congo. Soc Sci Med. 2017 12; 194:10-16. PMID: 29055183.
    Citations: 4
    Fields: HeaHealth ServicesSocSocial SciencesTranslation:Humans
  24. de Bruijn W, Ibáñez C, Frisk P, Bak Pedersen H, Alkan A, Vella Bonanno P, Brkicic LS, Bucsics A, Dedet G, Eriksen J, Fadare JO, Fürst J, Gallego G, Godói IP, Guerra Júnior AA, Gürsöz H, Jan S, Jones J, Joppi R, Kerman S, Laius O, Madzikwa N, Magnússon E, Maticic M, Markovic-Pekovic V, Massele A, Ogunleye O, O'Leary A, Piessnegger J, Sermet C, Simoens S, Tiroyakgosi C, Truter I, Thyberg M, Tomekova K, Wladysiuk M, Vandoros S, Vural EH, Zara C, Godman B. Introduction and Utilization of High Priced HCV Medicines across Europe; Implications for the Future. Front Pharmacol. 2016; 7:197. PMID: 27516740; PMCID: PMC4964878.
    Citations: 14
  25. Vandoros S, Kavetsos G. Now or later? Understanding the etiologic period of suicide. Prev Med Rep. 2015; 2:809-11. PMID: 26844154; PMCID: PMC4721289.
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