Felix  Teufel

PhD Student in Global Health and Development

Felix completed his Doctor of Medicine at the University of Heidelberg, gathering clinical experiences in Spain, South Africa, the Netherlands, and Eswatini. At the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, he conducted research on the determinants of cardiometabolic risk factors and diseases across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Building on his prior chronic disease epidemiology research, he joined the Global Health and Development PhD program at Emory University and the Emory Global Diabetes Research Center in 2022 to expand his focus towards the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of chronic disease care in LMICs.

Felix’s PhD dissertation draws from various disciplines, including implementation science, health economics, and health policy, to investigate the sustainability of health services and systems for non-communicable diseases (NCDs). As part of his dissertation research, he joined research partners at Kathmandu University to evaluate implementation fidelity and effectiveness of the World Health Organization’s Package of Essential Non-communicable Disease Interventions (PEN) during scale-up in Nepal’s primary healthcare system. In and around Johannesburg, South Africa, he will join a multinational research team to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of integrating hypertension detection and management into HIV clinics (iHEART-SA trial). The findings of this study will be disseminated to policymakers, community partners, and practitioners through the NIH-funded HLB-SIMPLe research alliance spanning six African countries.

As a collaborator of the Harvard Global Health and Population Project on Access to Care for Non-Communicable Diseases (HPACC), Felix leads several research projects on monitoring health system responses to NCDs, including access to essential and novel medicines. In addition to his interest in preventing cardiometabolic diseases through stronger health systems, he is passionate about improving access to care for people living with mental health conditions globally.

In his free time, he loves hiking, surfing, reading, and exploring Atlanta’s music scene.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/felix-teufel-163361174/

HONORS:

2018 German Academic Scholarship Foundation

2018 Heidelberg Graduate School of Global Health (Else Kroener-Fresenius Foundation)

2019 European Union Erasmus Scholarship