Cohort 
2019

Sanjib Saha, PhD

Health Economist

We need an integrated, effective and cost-effective dementia care policy at the regional, national and global level.

Current Work

Sanjib is an assistant researcher of health economics at Lund University. He is conducting research on the health care utilization of people living with dementia and their caregivers, primarily in Sweden.

Personal Hero

His father

Words of Strength

Highly ambitious

Vision

To reduce the scale and impact of dementia, Sanjib believes we need to find an effective as well as cost-effective health policy to identify, treat, and manage people living with dementia as well as their caregivers.

Strategy

Sanjib is estimating the cost-effectiveness of various pharmacological as well as non-pharmacological interventions targeting people living with dementia and their caregivers to help policymakers make informed decisions.

Impact

As an Atlantic Fellow, Sanjib has gained a deeper understanding of the impact of dementia from a patient's point of view.

Motivation

The societal cost of dementia is substantial in Sweden. Saha’s interest is to provide evidence on the cost-effectiveness of different treatment/interventions to the policymakers to facilitate evidence-based decision-making.

Education & Experience

Sanjib received his master's degree from Karolinska Institute, Sweden in Public Health. Sanjib received his Ph.D. from Lund University Sweden in Public Health with a specialization in Health Economics. He is working as a researcher at the Health Economics Unit of Lund University, Sweden.

Lund University, Sweden
Health Economics
PhD
Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Public Health
Master's Degree

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