We’re happy to share that our SOPHIA Shared Value Analysis researchers presented their work at the 2024 ISPOR meeting on 19 November

Most impactful action points

PhD student Lucas Schruers presented our work “A Mixed-Methods Blueprint for Obesity Healthcare Policy: From Research to Action”, where data from focus groups was used to identify action points to assess the needs and challenges of obesity in the healthcare system. The result was 10 action points, ranked from most to least impactful by the obesity community both inside and outside the project.

See the abstract and presentation here.

Top awards

We are also pleased to report that Lucas Schruers won the award for Best New Investigator Poster Research Presentation - with his poster in the top 5%!

The winners can be found here.

A big congratulations to our co-authors Alix Feldman from Novo Nordisk, Fiona McGillicuddy from University College Dublin, Jacqueline Bowman-Busato from Third-I and Diederik De Cock from Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

What does the ideal healthcare service delivery look like?

The SOPHIA blueprint is underway, and with it a framework for readying health systems across the EU for optimising obesity care.

This interactive document will guide comprehensive reform by aligning healthcare practices with concepts of shared value, value-based healthcare and health systems resilience.

Stay tuned for our Blueprint for Change, coming soon!