Carol E. Levin
Expertise
Applied economic research, implementation research, health systems strengthening, training and capacity strengthening, strategic planning, monitoring & evaluation, project management, translation of research to practice.
Technical Competencies
Health economic evaluation, designing and conducting cost and cost effectiveness research to support maternal and child health (nutrition, vaccine preventable diseases, cervical cancer prevention, HIV and STI prevention and treatment, prevention of Gender Based Violence, women’s maternal and reproductive health promotion.
Education
Cornell University, PhD Department of Agricultural Economics: Concentration on Microeconomic Theory and Applications, Quantitative Methods, Food and Nutrition Policy
University of California, Davis, Master of Science: International Agricultural Development: Concentration on Agricultural Economics
University of Colorado, Boulder, Bachelor of Arts: Concentration on South Asian Studies
Country Experience
Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Nepal, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Uganda, Kenya, Senegal, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Peru, Nicaragua and Bolivia and EMRO region
Languages
English, Spanish, French, Bahasa Indonesia
Thinking About
Relearning US history from new perspectives that reeducates me on race in America.
Passion
Hiking and backpacking.
Selected Publications
75 peer-reviewed publications, 12 books and chapters, 25 Other Publications, including:
Provided technical guidance and led coordination of economic analysis for the Disease Control Priorities Third Edition—a nine-volume series aimed at strengthening evidence-based priority setting in health and nutrition.
Levin, C., & Chisholm, D. (2015). Cost-effectiveness and affordability of interventions, policies, and platforms for the prevention and treatment of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders. In Mock, C. N., Nugent, R., Kobusingye, O., & Smith, K. (Eds.), Disease Control Priorities (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: World Bank.
Levin, C. E., Tauscher, J., Meller, S., Brian, R. M., Buck, B. E., & Ben-Zeev, D. (2023). Cost of implementing mHealth in community mental health settings: External versus internal facilitation. Psychiatric Services. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps
Nugent, R., Levin, C., Hale, J., & Hutchinson, B. (2019). Economic effects of the double burden of malnutrition. The Lancet.
Levin, C., Self, J. L., Kedera, E., Wamalwa, M., Hu, J., Grant, F., Webb-Girard, A., Cole, D. C., & Low, J. (2019). What is the cost of integration? Evidence from the Mama SASHA project to improve health and nutrition through an integrated orange flesh sweet potato production and health service delivery model. Health Policy and Planning.
Levin, C., Tokos Harp, L., Crocker, J., Wun, J., Kemp, C., Choo, E., Margolies, A., & Gelli, A. (2023). Strengthening Economic Evaluation for Multisectoral Strategies for Nutrition: SEEMS Nutrition Common Approach Guidance Document. University of Washington.
Tediosi, F., Lengeler, C., Castro, M., Shretta, R., Levin, C., Wells, T., & Tanner, M. (2017). Malaria control. In Holmes, K. K., Bertozzi, S., & Bloom, B. R. (Eds.), Major Infectious Diseases (3rd ed.). Washington, DC: World Bank.
Levin, C. (2022, May). Evolving food systems and the effect of climate on agriculture, health, and nutrition. The 2nd International Conference on Environmental Ecology of Food Security. Lombok, Indonesia (virtual participation).
