Elenka Brenna

Elenka Brenna, Ph.D., is a Health Economics professor at the Department of Economics and Finance Università Cattolica del S. Cuore, Milano, Italy, and a Microeconomics professor at the Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, Università di Milano, Milano, Italy. She is a senior researcher in Health Economics, Welfare Economics and Public Economics with her research interests including the economics of health and health care, health care policies, ageing and long term care, and evaluation of welfare systems.

Education

 * 1993: Degree in Economics, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan. Dissertation title: Reference prices  in  the  Pharmaceutical  sector.  An  empirical  application  for  the  European Union


 * 1996: M.Sc. in Health Economics, University of York, UK, supported by a scholarship from the Ministry of the Interior. Dissertation title: “The use of ARIMA models in the economic evaluation of health technologies”


 * 2000: Research Ph.D. in  Economics, University  of  Trento,  Department of  Economics. Dissertation  title: “The health care costs  for acute  pesticide  intoxication - an empirical analysis”

Awards

 * 26th October 2017, London: Silver medal by the European Association for Person Centred Healthcare (London) for the work done together with Lara Gitto in the European project Cost Action on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (EUROMENE)

EUROMENE
Brenna serves as a participant of the Socio-economics Working Group of ME/CFS across Europe on behalf of EUROMENE, a European Union COST Action CA15111 not-for-profit research organization committed to tackling the cause and treatment for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Notable studies

 * 2017, The economic burden of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME): an initial summary of the existing evidence and recommendations for further research (Full text on ResearchGate)


 * 2019, Sindrome da affaticamento cronico: una prima analisi empirica per l’Italia


 * 2020, The Development of a Consistent Europe-Wide Approach to Investigating the Economic Impact of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS): A Report from the European Network on ME/CFS (EUROMENE) - (Full text)

Talks and interviews

 * Jan 2017, COST ACTION Euromene Meeting in Berlin, oral presentation: The economic burden of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME): a comprehensive summary of the existing evidence
 * Oct 2017, Italian Health Economics Association National Conference. Presentation title: "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome(CFS/ME): a case study within the European project COST ACTION EUROMENE" (Presentation slides available on ResearchGate)
 * Dec 2017, Associazione Italiana per Gli Studi Sulla Qualità Della Vita (AIQUAV) Conference in Florence: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME): a case study
 * Apr 2018, European Network on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, COST Action - CA15111, oral presentation in Paris: Evaluated socio-economic impact and direct and indirect costs caused by ME/CFS in Europe.
 * Sep 2018, European Network on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, COST Action - CA15111, oral presentation at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: The quality of life of patients affected by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: an Italian case study.

Online presence

 * Elenka Brenna Website
 * ResearchGate