Marjan Walli-Attaei
Senior Researcher in Health Economics
Marjan Walli-Attaei joined the Health Economics Research Centre (HERC) in mid-October 2022 as a senior researcher in health economics.
Her research focusses on the healthcare burden and costs associated with cardiovascular diseases across member countries of the European Society of Cardiology.
Marjan's research interests include measuring inequalities in health and healthcare; access to essential medicines in low- and middle-income countries; and the epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases with a focus on women living in low- and middle-income countries.
Marjan obtained a PhD in Health Policy with a specialisation in Health Economics from McMaster University, Canada, and completed a Postdoctoral fellowship at the Population Health Research Institute, Canada.
Recent publications
Heart failure, inequality, and the decades before admission
Journal article
Walli-Attaei M., (2026), European Heart Journal Quality of Care Clinical Outcomes, 12, 676 - 678
Determinants and associations of health-related quality of life with mortality in acute and chronic heart failure: findings from the ESC HF III Registry
Journal article
Walli-Attaei M. et al, (2026), European Journal of Heart Failure
Cost-effectiveness of digitally enabled cardiac rehabilitation: progress, promise, and persisting questions.
Journal article
Walli-Attaei M. et al, (2025), Eur J Prev Cardiol
Social factors, health policy, and environment: implications for cardiovascular disease across the globe
Journal article
Lear SA. et al, (2025), European Heart Journal, 46, 2959 - 2973