Dr Valentina Iemmi
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Email
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Location
4N.6.5, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
By appointment
Profile
Biography
Dr Valentina Iemmi is Senior Lecturer (research and teaching) at University of Essex’s School of Health and Social Care with 15 years of research and 5 years of teaching experience in global health policy. She is also Visiting Fellow with LSE Health at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Research Affiliate with ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health at King’s College London, and Associate Fellow with the Centre for Universal Health at Chatham House. Previously, she held a postdoctoral position with the Department of Health Policy at LSE, and research positions with Care Policy and Evaluation Centre and LSE Health at LSE, the International Centre for Evidence in Disability at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health at King’s College London, the National Institute for Health and Medical Research Unit 669 at University of Paris V, and the Department of Psychology at University of Paris VIII (France). Valentina’s research focuses on global mental health policy. Her work investigates governance, analysing why and how global actors support mental health worldwide and how they can improve their collective responses. She uses innovative and rigorous multi-methods at global level, primarily qualitative (interviews and documentary analyses) and also quantitative (country-level panel data linkage and analyses). She uses multi-disciplinary approaches, primarily health policy and international relations, and also psychology, public policy, and economics. Her most recent work explored a particular group of actors in the global mental health system: external actors investing in mental health in low- and middle-income countries. She is currently examining the global mental health governance structure and the prioritisation of mental health at global level. Her work has been published in top-quality peer-reviewed journals, including The Lancet Psychiatry, BMJ Global Health, and Social Science & Medicine. It has informed the activities of numerous national and international organisations for which she advised and/or consulted, including World Health Organization, UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, and Global Innovation Fund. Valentina holds a PhD in Social Policy from the LSE. She also has a MSc in Health Policy, Planning and Financing from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine & LSE, and the title of Clinical Psychologist from the University of Paris (France).
Qualifications
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PhD in Social Policy London School of Economics and Political Science,
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MSc in Health Policy, Planning & Financing London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine & London School of Economics and Political Science,
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MSc in Clinical Psychology, Psychopathology and Psychotherapy University of Paris VIII,
Appointments
University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer, University of Essex (1/10/2023 - present)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Global Health Policy: Governance and Financing
Global Mental Health Policy
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Innovating for Health Policy and Systems (HS959)
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Public Mental Health (HS958)
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Dissertation (HS982)
Publications
Journal articles (21)
Iemmi, V., (2023). Tracking development assistance for mental health: time for better data. Health Policy and Planning. 38 (4), 567-570
Iemmi, V., (2022). Establishing political priority for global mental health: a qualitative policy analysis. Health Policy and Planning. 37 (8), 1012-1024
Iemmi, V., (2021). Global collective action in mental health financing: Allocation of development assistance for mental health in 142 countries, 2000–2015. Social Science & Medicine. 287, 114354-114354
Iemmi, V., (2021). Motivation and methods of external organisations investing in mental health in low-income and middle-income countries: a qualitative study. The Lancet Psychiatry. 8 (7), 630-638
Iemmi, V., (2020). Philanthropy for global mental health 2000–2015. Global Mental Health. 7, e9-
Iemmi, V., (2019). Sustainable development for global mental health: a typology and systematic evidence mapping of external actors in low-income and middle-income countries. BMJ Global Health. 4 (6), e001826-e001826
Bauer, A., Knapp, M., Wistow, G., Perkins, M., King, D. and Iemmi, V., (2017). Costs and economic consequences of a help-at-home scheme for older people in England. Health & Social Care in the Community. 25 (2), 780-789
Brimblecombe, N., Knapp, M., Murguia, S., Mbeah‐Bankas, H., Crane, S., Harris, A., Evans‐Lacko, S., Ardino, V., Iemmi, V. and King, D., (2017). The role of youth mental health services in the treatment of young people with serious mental illness: 2‐year outcomes and economic implications. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 11 (5), 393-400
Iemmi, V., Bantjes, J., Coast, E., Channer, K., Leone, T., McDaid, D., Palfreyman, A., Stephens, B. and Lund, C., (2016). Suicide and poverty in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review. The Lancet Psychiatry. 3 (8), 774-783
Iemmi, V., Blanchet, K., Gibson, LJ., Kumar, KS., Rath, S., Hartley, S., Murthy, GVS., Patel, V., Weber, J. and Kuper, H., (2016). Community-based rehabilitation for people with physical and mental disabilities in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Development Effectiveness. 8 (3), 368-387
Iemmi, V., Knapp, M., Gore, N., Cooper, V., Brown, FJ., Reid, C. and Saville, M., (2016). What is standard care for people with learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges and what does it cost?. British Journal of Learning Disabilities. 44 (4), 309-321
Iemmi, V., Knapp, M. and Brown, FJ., (2016). Positive behavioural support in schools for children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities whose behaviour challenges. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities. 20 (3), 281-295
Iemmi, V., Knapp, M., Reid, C., Sholl, C., Ferdinand, M., Buescher, A. and Trachtenberg, M., (2016). Positive behavioural support for children and adolescents with learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges: an initial exploration of service use and costs. Tizard Learning Disability Review. 21 (4), 169-180
Bantjes, J., Iemmi, V., Coast, E., Channer, K., Leone, T., McDaid, D., Palfreyman, A., Stephens, B. and Lund, C., (2016). Poverty and suicide research in low- and middle-income countries: systematic mapping of literature published in English and a proposed research agenda. Global Mental Health. 3, e32-
Iemmi, V., Gibson, L., Blanchet, K., Kumar, KS., Rath, S., Hartley, S., Murthy, GVS., Patel, V., Weber, J. and Kuper, H., (2015). Community‐based Rehabilitation for People With Disabilities in Low‐ and Middle‐income Countries: A Systematic Review. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 11 (1), 1-177
Iemmi, V., Crepaz-Keay, D., Cyhlarova, E. and Knapp, M., (2015). Peer-led self-management for people with severe mental disorders: an economic evaluation. The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice. 10 (1), 14-25
Cyhlarova, E., Crepaz-Keay, D., Reeves, R., Morgan, K., Iemmi, V. and Knapp, M., (2015). An evaluation of peer-led self-management training for people with severe psychiatric diagnoses. The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice. 10 (1), 3-13
Iemmi, V., Knapp, M., Saville, M., McLennan, K., McWade, P. and Toogood, S., (2015). Positive behavioural support for adults with intellectual disabilities and behaviour that challenges: an initial exploration of the economic case.. International Journal of Positive Behavioural Support. 5 (1), 16-25
Iemmi, V., Kumar, KS., Blanchet, K., Hartley, S., Murthy, GVS., Patel, V., Weber, J., Wormald, R. and Kuper, H., (2013). PROTOCOL: Community‐Based Rehabilitation for People with Disabilities in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 9 (1), 1-33
Knapp, M., Iemmi, V. and Romeo, R., (2013). Dementia care costs and outcomes: a systematic review. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 28 (6), 551-561
Khandelwal, S., Avodé, G., Baingana, F., Conde, B., Cruz, M., Deva, P., Dumas, M., Gulbinat, W., Lopez, C., Mayeya, J., Mubbashar, MH., Mohit, A., Ndeti, D., Puras, D., Saeed, K., Schilder, K., Silberberg, D., Tomov, T., Townsend, C., Iemmi, V. and Jenkins, R., (2010). Mental and neurological health research priorities setting in developing countries. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 45 (4), 487-495
Book chapters (4)
Iemmi, V., Votruba, N. and Thornicroft, G., (2020). Evidence-Based Mental Health Policy. In: Practical Psychiatric Epidemiology (2nd edition).. Editors: Das-Munshi, J., Ford, T., Hotopf, M., Prince, M. and Stewart, R., . Oxford University Press
Knapp, M. and Iemmi, V., (2019). Meeting SDG3: The Roles of Economics in Mental Health Policy. In: The Routledge Handbook of International Development, Mental Health and Wellbeing.. Editors: Davidson, L., . Routledge. 45- 57
Knapp, M. and Iemmi, V., (2016). Mental Health. In: World Scientific Handbook of Global Health Economics and Public Policy. WORLD SCIENTIFIC. 1- 41
Knapp, M. and Iemmi, V., (2014). Noncommunicable Disease: The Case of Mental Health, Macroeconomic Effect of. In: Encyclopedia of Health Economics. Elsevier. 366- 369
Grants and funding
2024
Senior Advisor Role Prospira Global Annual Social Impact Report (Global Private Mental Health Funding Landscape)
Prospira Global Ltd
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