Celebrating Success: Prof Susan Chilton, Dr Jytte Nielsen and Prof John Wildman

Congratulations to Prof Susan Chilton, Dr Jytte Nielsen and Prof John Wildman who recently had an editorial titled: “Beyond COVID‐19: How the ‘dismal science’ can prepare us for the future” published in Health Economics.

We, as a society, are beginning to realise that what we now face is effectively a ‘crisis of preparedness’. A crisis exacerbated by a lack of information regarding the spread and fatality rates of COVID‐19. However, at some point, as the crisis diminishes and the data improve, the world will take a deep breath and have to systematically consider how to deal with similar scenarios in the future. In this Editorial, we lift our eyes, consider the future and think about our contribution to it as economists. How are we best placed to contribute? COVID‐19 should be seen through the lens of society, or social wellbeing, and treated as a broader public health issue.

The full editorial is available here.