Our mission at M-CHEP is to conduct research to improve health care systems and population health on national and international level

About us

The Munich Center for Health Economics and Policy (M-CHEP) consists of 15 chairs and professorships situated at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the Ludwg-Maximilians-University of Munich (LMU), the University of Augsburg, the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) and the university of Bayreuth.
The aim of M-CHEP is to foster interdisciplinary cooperation between researchers in the field of health economics and health policy working in and around Munich, Bavaria.

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Center and research updates

First M-CHEP Day - A Starting Point for Futur Exchange

02.07.2025
The first M-CHEP Day was a great success. With around 40 participants from various disciplines, the event fostered networking and collaboration within the M-CHEP community and beyond.
Policy Brief #2 (07/2025)

01.07.2025
In this M-CHEP Policy Brief, Marie Coors and Leonie Sundmacher explore whether optimized care or just another band-aid for a fragmented healthcare system best describes the future of transitional care workers.
April M-CHEP Research Seminar

09.04.2025
Mehlika Toy (Erasmus University Rotterdamt, HTA) presented her research A Decision Analytic Approach to Evaluating Cost-Effective Strategies for Eliminating Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the M-CHEP research seminar.
Amelie Wuppermann tritt M-CHEP bei

01.04.2025
We welcome Prof. Amelie Wuppermann as a new member of M-CHEP! Prof. Wuppermann has held the Chair of Economics III - Public Finance at the University of Bayreuth since 01.04.2025. With her research in the field of health economics, she aims to improve the healthcare system and make it financially sustainable.
February M-CHEP Research Seminar

26.02.2025
Alexander Ahammer (Johannes Kepler University Linz) presented his research on The Labor and Health Economics of Breast Cancer in the M-CHEP Research Seminar.
Rainer Kolisch and Andreas Schmid join M-CHEP

20.01.2025
As start of a closer collaboration between M-CHEP and the TUM School of Management, Rainer Kolisch joins and the center and together with Andreas Schmid from University of Bayreuth occupies the new focus area of Health Care Management.
Health Care Management as additional focus area

20.01.2025
In addtion to the four research areas Design of Health Care Systems, Health Services Research, Economics of Population Health, and Global Health, Health Care Management builds the fifth focus area of M-CHEP.
Andreas Landmann and Simon Reif join M-CHEP

16.12.2024
We welcome our newest members Prof. Andreas Landmann (Developement Economics) and Prof. Simon Reif (Economics of Health Care Markets) to M-CHEP! Both are professors at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg.
Policy Brief #1 (11/24)

14.11.2024
In the first M-CHEP Policy Brief, Karl Emmert-Fees and Michael Laxy summarise their work on the economic and health effects of a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Germany.
Second M-CHEP Research Seminar

06.11.2024
Mahesh Karra (Boston University) presented his research on User-Centered Approaches to Contraceptive Counseling: Experimental Evidence from Urban Malawi in the M-CHEP Research Seminar.
Start of M-CHEP Research Seminar series

11.09.2024
Carlos Riumallo Herl kicked off the M-CHEP Research Seminar series with his talk about Tailoring incentives for prevention: A field experiment in El Salvador.
M-CHEP at EuHEA in Vienna

01.07.2024
A total of 16 researchers affiliated with M-CHEP presented and discussed health economic and health policy research at the EuHEA conference, the largest Health Economics conference in Europe.
Kick-off meeting M-CHEP

22.03.2024
A first meeting of the involved researchers took place at the Olympiapark-Campus of the TUM to discuss the first steps of creating the Munich Center for Health Economics & Policy.
ERC Grants for Janina Steinert and Michael Laxy

We warmly congratulate Janina Steinert and Michael Laxy on receiving prestigious ERC grants from the European Research Council in 2023 and 2024, respectively. Their outstanding achievements not only reflect the excellence of their individual research but also strengthen the visibility and impact of the M-CHEP community.