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Hear from the many voices at Queen Mary University of London's School of Economics and Finance.
A mix of student stories, faculty research, and school initiatives that we hope will offer something for everyone interested in what we do. Get a sense of life at the School of Economics and Finance by choosing an episode that interests you or by simply picking one at random!
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STUDENT SERIES: In Conversation with Victoria Adubia Twum Studying MSc Mental Health Economics
Continuing our Student Series, we bring you another podcast for you to enjoy. In this episode, we caught up with Victoria Adubia Twum, a current student studying for an MSc Mental Health Economics to hear about her experiences at Queen Mary University. As you will hear, it was a busy day at the Graduate Centre, which is home to the School of Economics and Finance!
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MENTAL HEALTH ECONOMICS SERIES - In Conversation with Dr Christoph Kronenberg
Another podcast from the School of Economics and Finance at Queen Mary University as part of our series focusing on mental health and mental health economics, where we chat with academic experts in the field. In this episode, we are joined by Dr Christoph Kronenberg, deputy head of the junior research group EACH at the health economics research centre ‘Competent in competition and health’ (CINCH) and our conversation explored how he became involved in this field and his current research.
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ALUMNI SERIES - In Conversation with Astitva Jindal
Welcome to another podcast from the School of Economics and Finance at Queen Mary University. Our guest in this episode is Astitva Jindal, a recent graduate of the BSc Economics and Finance programme who has since gone on to set up a social enterprise project to break free from the stigma associated with mental health problems amongst economically and socially deprived children at government schools in New Delhi, India.
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MENTAL HEALTH ECONOMICS SERIES - In Conversation with Dr Mark Freestone
In this episode, we welcomed Dr Mark Freestone, Reader in Mental Health and Director of Education at the Wolfson Institute of Population Health at Queen Mary University and more recently Co-Programme Director of the MSc in Mental Health Economics that launches this September.
Dr Freestone has also consulted on forensic mental health issues for NHS England and the London Violence Reduction Programme and films and television shows such as the BBC America drama series Killing Eve and Channel 4 prison drama Screw.
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MENTAL HEALTH ECONOMICS SERIES - In Conversation with Professor Denise Razzouk
Our guest in this episode is psychiatrist and author, Denise Razzouk, professor and researcher on Mental Health Economics at Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo, Brazil. In this episode we discuss her work on the economic impact of mental disorders, the challenges of how to measure this and ultimately implications for public health policy and resource allocation.
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MENTAL HEALTH ECONOMICS SERIES - In Conversation with Professor Scott Cunningham
As part of our new series focusing on mental health and mental health economics, we chat with academic experts in the field.
Our guest this episode is Scott Cunningham, professor of economics at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Among his areas of interest are mental health, sex work, abortion, and drug policy.
The audio was recorded using Zoom.