Nafsika Afentou

Nafsika Afentou

Department of Applied Health Sciences
Research Fellow

Contact details

Email
n.afentou@bham.ac.uk
Address
Centre for Economics of Obesity
Health Economics Unit
Public Health Building
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Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Nafsika’s research interests are in the Economics of Obesity and the use of health economics methods to support a systems approach to obesity policy. She is particularly interested in the application of economic evaluation and decision-analytic modelling to direct decision making in the realm of obesity. 

Nafsika joined the Centre for Economics of Obesity led by Professor Emma Frew in 2021, where she is involved in research to tackle the wider determinants of disease including the impact of green and blue space and transport.

Qualifications

  • Master’s in Public Health (MPH), Lund University, 2018
  • BSc in Economics, University of Thessaly, 2012

Biography

Nafsika is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economics of Obesity within the Department of Applied Health Sciences.

Nafsika's current research focuses on applying health economic methods to measure the economic and social value of interventions and policies addressing the wider determinants of obesity to inform decision-making. Nafsika has been involved in various projects related to natural environments and physical activity, dietary behaviour, active transport, and medical weight management. Her previous work included generating economic evidence to inform resource allocation in social care, the management of children’s nephrology, and Parkinson’s disease.

Within these areas, Nafsika has developed expertise in decision-analytic modelling, economic evaluations, statistical analysis, qualitative data collection methods, and multi-stakeholder priority-setting. She has also collaborated with local authorities and third sector providers. Nafsika has a track record of health technology assessment (HTA) reports and journal publications.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Albon, E, Afentou, N, Dretzke, J, Hall, J, Ogwulu, CO, Price, M, Clare, K, Singhal, R, Tahrani, A, Frew, E & Moore, D 2025, '', Health Technology Assessment.

Afentou, N, Jackson, L, Andrade, LF, Elliott, S, Hull, K, Shepherd, J & Frew, E 2024, '', Sustainability, vol. 16, no. 12, 5222.

PREDNOS Collaborative Group, NIHR Medicines for Children Research Network Nephrology Clinical Studies Group, Afentou, N, Frew, E, Mehta, S, Rowland, N, Woolley, R, Brettell, E, Khan, A, Milford, D, Bockenhauer, D, Saleem , MA, Hall, AS, Koziell, A, Maxwell, H, Hegde , S, Finlay, ER, Gilbert, RD, Jones, C, McKeever, K, Cook, W, Webb, NJA & Christian, MT 2022, '', PharmacoEconomics, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 605-617.

Afentou, N, Moore, P, Hull, K, Shepherd, J, Elliott, S & Frew, E 2022, '', The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , vol. 19, no. 21, 13809.

Frew, E, Afentou, N, Mohtashami Borzadaran, H, Candio, P & Pokhilenko, I 2022, '', Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 629-635.

Kinghorn, P & Afentou, N 2021, '', Social Science and Medicine, vol. 279, 113977.

Christian, M, Webb, NJA, Mehta, S, Woolley, R, Afentou, N, Frew, E, Brettell, E, Khan, A, Milford, D, Bockenhauer, D, Saleem , MA, Hall, AS, Koziell, A, Maxwell, H, Hegde , S, Prajapati , H, Gilbert, RD, Jones, C, McKeever, K, Cook, W & Rowland, N 2021, '', JAMA Pediatrics.

Afentou, N & Kinghorn, P 2020, '', Value in Health.

Kinghorn, P & Afentou, N 2020, '', PLoSONE, vol. 15, no. 7, e0236584.

Afentou, N, Jarl, J, Gerdtham, U-G & Saha, S 2019, '', Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 282-290.