Andrea Feigl

About Andrea Feigl

Andrea Feigl, Ph.D. MPH, envisions a world with less suffering from preventable diseases, where every person can live their life with full dignity and reach their fullest potential.Andrea B. Feigl is an award-winning economist, health finance innovator, serial entrepreneur, and the founder & CEO of Health Finance Institute. With a rich background in global health, Andrea has been instrumental in addressing the economic burden of chronic diseases through innovative financing solutions. A recognized leader with a career spanning academia, public sector, non-profits, and international organizations, she has raised over $6 million to tackle non-communicable diseases globally. Andrea is also the founder of Health Impact Credit, an innovative platform aimed at leveraging finance for health impact. She is a celebrated public keynote speaker, thought leader, and advocate for health equity, regularly featured in global media and key international forums. Andrea is a steering committee member of the Global Breast Cancer Care Consortium, the International Equity Forum, the World Economic Forum Global Alliance for Women’s Health, and the World Economic Forum’s Climate and Health Impact Alliance. Andrea is an extraordinarily skilled networker, coalition builder, and impact advocate, committed to driving sustainable global change. Andrea has received numerous awards, including the Fulbright Scholarship and the Salzburg Global Fellowship.Outside of her work in healthcare, Andrea is trained as a ballet dancer and holds an international teaching certificate in classical ballet.Andrea writes and speaks publicly in order to close the knowledge and implementation gap when it comes to global healthcare, especially related to non communicable diseases. She has published reports and papers for Health Policy, the WHO Bulletin, the CUGH Global Health Project of the Year, the Center for Global Development, and WEF/Harvard. Andrea is recognized as the innovator of the Evidenced Formal Coverage Index metric for universal healthcare coverage. A native of Austria, Andrea received her Ph.D. in global health from Harvard University, her MPH and BSc (First Class Honors) with a full scholarship from Simon Fraser University in Canada, and her IB from Red Cross Nordic United World College in Norway.When she is not speaking, dancing, or traveling, Andrea enjoys playing the piano, skiing, and spending time with her son at their home in Washington, D.C.Specialties: global health policy, health financing, international relations

Experience

1. Adjunct Professor

   Georgetown University Walsh School Of Foreign Service

   Dec 2022 — Present · Washington, DC, US

Education

• Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Global Health

• UWC Red Cross Nordic

  International Baccalaureate

  2000 — 2002

• Harvard University

  PhD, Global Health and Population Health

  2010 — 2015

• Simon Fraser University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Biochemistry

  2002 — 2006

• Simon Fraser University

  Master of Public Health - MPH, Public Health

  2006 — 2008

Skills

• International Health
• Health Economics
• Stata
• Nonprofits
• Statistics
• Public Policy
• Impact Evaluation
• Qualitative Research
• Epidemiology
• Program Evaluation
• Research
• Policy Analysis
• Biostatistics
• Public Health
• Reproductive Health
• Health Services Research
• Health Policy
• Global Health
• Research Design
• Public Speaking
• Grants
• International Relations
• International Development
• Policy
• Quantitative Research
• Data Analysis
• Grant Writing