Assoc. Prof. Ayman Fouda, PhD

Health Economics +43 512 2070 - 3734 ayman.fouda@mci.edu

Ayman Fouda is an associate professor of health economics at MCI | The Entrepreneurial School®. Ayman has a bachelor's degree in Medicine and Surgery from Suez Canal University in Egypt and a master's degree in International Health & Social Management from MCI | The Entrepreneurial School®. He has diverse work experience in medicine, higher education management, executive education, and professional and academic research. Furthermore, he completed his Ph.D. (European Doctorate in Law and Economics) at Erasmus University Rotterdam and the University of Bologna. His thesis examined how healthcare professionals respond to different regulatory tools (soft law and mandate) in light of the multi-agency relationship and market forces. His research interests include health economics, regulation in health care, soft law in health, health policy, and green healthcare.

Professional work experience

10/2024 - present
Associate Professor (FH) - MCI | The Entrepreneurial School®
01/2023 - 10/2024
Assistant Professor (FH) - MCI | The Entrepreneurial School®
09/2022 - 12/2022
Lecturer - MCI | The Entrepreneurial School®
08/2019 - 08/2022
Research & Teaching Assistant - MCI | The Entrepreneurial School®
08/2018 - 07/2019
Research Fellow - ORTHOUNION EU-H2020 funded, GA: 733288 - Department of Sociology and Business Law, University of Bologna
04/2015 - 04/2016
Program Manager & Research Analyst - Executive Education, School of Business, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
09/2010 - 07/2012
Assistant Program Coordinator - The American University in Cairo
10/2009 - 08/2010
Pediatrician - Private Practice Clinic, Prof. Dr. Suzanne Samir, Ismailia, Egypt
04/2009 - 03/2011
General Practitioner - Ministry of Health, Egypt
04/2009 - 05/2010
Pediatrician - Ismailia General Hospital, Ismailia, Egypt

Education

10/2016 - 10/2022
PhD in Law & Economics - Erasmus University Rotterdam, University of Bologna, and University of Hamburg
European Doctorate in Law and Economics (EDLE)
10/2012 - 07/2014
Master of Arts in Business - Management Center Innsbruck
International Health and Social Management
09/2001 - 10/2007
Bachelor in Medicine & Surgery - Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Egypt
Medicine and Surgery

Practice related research and developmental project

01/2024 - present
Researcher - MCI | The Entrepreneurial School®
Target Group-Specific Survey on Women's Health in Tyrol
08/2023 - 08/2024
Researcher & Supervisor - MCI | The Entrepreneurial School®
Prescribing Behavior and Knowledge of Austrian Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Study
01/2023 - 12/2023
Researcher - MCI | The Entrepreneurial School®
GesundTirol

Competitive Research Award

11/2024 - 11/2024
MCI | The Entrepreneurial School®
Winner of the MCI Teaching Awards 2024

Editorial board service

10/2024 - present
Discover Health Systems, Springer Nature
09/2022 - 01/2024
Guest Editor - Special Issue: Global Health Policies and Vaccination Strategies in the Endemic Phase. Health Policy and Technology, Elsevier
05/2021 - 06/2022
Managing Guest Editor - Special Issue: The COVID-19 Pandemic: Vaccination Strategies and Global Health Policies. Health Policy and Technology, Elsevier

Other

08/2022 - 08/2022
Invited Lecture on the Regulation of Clinical Medical Practice from the Economic Perspective, European Law Student Association's Summer School, University of Innsbruck.
08/2021 - 08/2021
Invited Lecture on Climate Change and Resilient Health Systems, European Health Forum Gastein
06/2021 - 07/2021
Invited Lecture on Risk adjustment research in non-competitive health markets, Master of Health Economics, Management, and Policy, The University of Newcastle, Australia
10/2018 - 10/2018
Economic and Regulatory Arrangements of Multiple Principal-Agent Relationship and the Diffusion of Innovation in Healthcare. The University of Bologna, Department of Economics, Bologna, EDLE Seminar
11/2017 - 11/2017
Institutional Comparative Analysis of Regulating the Diffusion of Innovations in Healthcare. Erasmus School of Law, Rotterdam, EDLE Seminar
06/2017 - 06/2017
The Diffusion and Adoption of Innovation in Healthcare: Economic and Regulatory Perspectives. The Institute of Law and Economics, the University of Hamburg, EDLE Seminar

Positions in professional/academic societies

02/2023 - present
Member - The Austrian Health Economics Association (ATHEA)

Peer reviewed journal article

Voit, S., Heiss, R., & Fouda, A. (2025). Physicians' perspectives on overprescription in Austria: a cross-sectional survey. Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-025-02485-2
Ringel, L., & Fouda, A. (2024). Physician assistants in the German inpatient care: barriers and enablers of integration. Journal of Integrated Care. https://doi.org/10.1108/jica-11-2023-0088
van Amerongen, A., Zoller, C., & Fouda, A. (2023). COVID-19 in the Netherlands: A three-phase analysis. Health Policy and Technology, 100783. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2023.100783
Wong, A., Zoller, C., Fouda, A., & Paolucci, F. (2023). Are we past the COVID-19 pandemic? insights from Singapore. Health Policy and Technology, 100779. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2023.100779
Fouda, A., Moy, N. (2022). Health System Shock Frameworks Between Theory, Application, and Assessment; Comment on "The COVID-19 System Shock Framework: Capturing Health System Innovation During the COVID-19 Pandemic". International Journal of Health Policy and Management, (), -. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2022.7373
Fouda, A., Mahmoudi, N., Moy, N., & Paolucci, F. (2020). The COVID-19 pandemic in Greece, Iceland, New Zealand, and Singapore: Health policies and lessons learned. Health Policy and Technology, 9(4), 510-524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2020.08.015
García-Goñi, M., Fouda, A., Calder, R. V., & Paolucci, F. (2018). A new funding model for a chronic-care focused healthcare system in Australia. Health Policy and Technology. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2018.07.007
Fouda, A., and Paolucci, F. (2017) Path Dependence and Universal Health Coverage: The Case of Egypt. Front. Public Health 5:325. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00325
Paolucci, F., Redekop, K., Fouda, A., & Fiorentini, G. (2017). Decision Making and Priority Setting: The Evolving Path towards Universal Health Coverage. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 1-10. doi:10.1007/s40258-017-0349-3
Fouda, A., Fiorentini, G., & Paolucci, F. (2017). Competitive Health Markets and Risk Equalisation in Australia: Lessons Learnt from Other Countries. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy. doi:10.1007/s40258-017-0330-1

Editorial-reviewed journal

Antonini, M., Fouda, A., Hinwood, M., Melia, A., & Paolucci, F. (2024). The interplay between global health policy and vaccination strategies in the shift towards COVID-19 endemicity. Health Policy and Technology, 100854. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2024.100854
Fouda, A., Melia, A., Tritter, J., & Paolucci, F. (2022). Special Issue: The COVID-19 Pandemic: Vaccination Strategies and Global Health Policies. Health Policy and Technology, 100634. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2022.100634

Chapters in books

Paolucci, F., Sequeira, A. R., Fouda, A., & Matthews, A. (2018). Health Plan Payment in Australia. In Risk Adjustment, Risk Sharing and Premium Regulation in Health Insurance Markets (pp. 181-208). Elsevier. http://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-811325-7.00006-3

Presentation of a paper at a conference, workshop or seminar

Voit, S., Heiss, R., & Fouda, A. (2024). Physicians' perceptions and knowledge of overprescription: Findings from a survey in Austria. Accepted presentation at the Annual Conference of the Austrian Public Health Association, October 17-18, Innsbruck, Austria
Fouda, A., Moy, N. & Fiorentini, G. (2023). Promoting Generic Medications: Tough vs. Soft Regulations. Towards Innovation in Ageing and Well-Being Conference, Nice, France October 19th, 2023.
Fouda, A., Macneil, J., Melia, A., Paolucci, F., & Sequeira, A. (2019, September). The Enablers of Stakeholders Engagement in Health Policy Development: The Case of Western Australia Health Networks. Paper presented at the British Academy of Management Conference 2019, Birmingham, UK.

Other intellectual contributions

Papp, R.-E., Cviticanin, D., Kerschbaumer, L., Fouda, A., Naamati-Schneider, L., Ferrinho, P., Teixeira, D., De Raeve, P., Frassini, J., Buttigieg, S. C., Jevtic, M. (2024). Introducing 'One Health Management': the pathway to improving sustainability, optimizing sustainability, optimizing resource use, and unifying approaches within global approaches within healthcare systems. European Health Management Association (EHMA)
Papp, R.-E., Cviticanin, D., Kerschbaumer, L., Fouda, A., Naamati-Schneider, L., Ferrinho, P., Teixeira, D., De Raeve, P., Frassini, J., Buttigieg, S. C., & Jevtic, M. (2024). Introducing the pathway to improving sustainability, optimising resource use, and unifying approaches within global healthcare systems. In European Health Management Association. https://ehma.org/app/uploads/2024/10/Introducing-One-Health-Management-Oct-2024.pdf
Lee, D, Moy, N, Mahmoudi, N, Fouda, A, Choi, B, Paolucci, F. (2020). Combatting COVID-19: Lessons we can learn. Independent Australia. https://independentaustralia.net/life/life-display/combatting-covid-19-lessons-we-can-learn,14480
Fouda, Ayman and Mahmoudi, Nader and Moy, Naomi and Paolucci, Francesco, Comparing the COVID-19 Pandemic in Greece, Iceland, New Zealand, and Singapore (June 27, 2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3658463 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3658463

Supervised master theses

Schukowski Sofie (2025): Voices from the Heatwave: A Qualitative Exploration of How Extreme Temperatures Affect Female Healthcare Workers' Mental Health and Work Performance in Tyrol
Mattheij Merel Isabel (2025): Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of different types of telemedicine intervention in hy-pertension management: a systematic review
Casillo Viviana (2024): Pediatric neuropsychiatry hospitalizations: technologies and artificial intelligence interventions to minimize the risk of absconding. A qualitative study on a risk assessment project at Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italy
Zijlstra Sylvia (2024): Perspectives of Dutch healthcare professionals on antibiotics shortage management and policies in the Netherlands and Europe
Zanolla Sveva (2024): Enhancing patient satisfaction: predictors and strategies for addressing regional disparities in Italian Hospital
Voit Scarlett (2024): Overprescribing in Austrian Healthcare: Assessing the problem from a Physician perspective
Roelands Mirka (2024): The effects of racism during clinical internships on ethnic minority
Arora Lakshay (2024): Sustainable smiles: Mapping Green Dentistry in India
Geurtz Kirsten (2024): Listening to Nurses: a Qualitative Analysis of Nurse Preparedness in Internal Hospital Crises and Disasters
Picard-Khellaf Jehanne (2024): Attracting and Retaining Highly-Trained physicians in University Hospitals
Waanders Fabienne (2024): Exploring the impact of SINA's enterprise ‘Vital Care Connect' on improving access to maternal healthcare for rural pregnant women in Uganda.
Röell Elwine Elisabeth (2024): The impact of SINA, in conjunction with the Totya platform, on reducing the stigma surrounding sexual violence against women in Mpigi, Uganda
Müller Vera (2023): The Six "A"s of Palliative Care Access "Access Barriers to Palliative Care in Austria and Malaysia" a Qualitative Study
Weis Timo (2023): The role of the working environment in the migration of nurses from low- and middle-income countries: A mixed-methods study.
Steinsland Marie (2023): The Patient versus the Provider A Mixed Method Exploration on the Perception of Pain in IUD Insertion
Hulsbergen Margot (2023): A qualitative study into the extent of health literacy required in individuals with hearing loss to obtain a cochlear implant: a Dutch context
Riehle Katja (2023): Value Assessment Frameworks in Different Healthcare Systems: A Scoping Review of Multilateral Approaches in the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany
Weiss Katharina (2023): From Struggle to Strength: A Qualitative Study on European Fridays for Future Activists' Experiences with Ecological Emotions and the Potential of Collective Climate Action as an Adaptive Coping Strategy for Eco-Anxiety
Loosveld Jurrien Hendrik (2023): Dosage optimization for sustainable healthcare: A Carbon Footprint Analysis of nivolumab and pembrolizumab treatment in The Netherlands
Lintsen Joris (2023): Unequal resources to tackle unequal outcomes Expert opinions on the introduction of equity considerations in the cost-effectiveness threshold to stimulate equitable health technologies in the United Kingdom
Grimbergen Jolijn Anna Josina (2023): Controlling AMR: surveillance approaches in two European countries A comparative study of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance systems of England and the Netherlands
Algra Jiska Lyanne (2023): Understanding the Perspectives and Factors Influencing Lung Cancer Screening among eligible individuals A qualitative study in the high-risk Dutch population
Duijst Gerlissa Elisabeth (2023): Transformational Leadership and Pharmaceutical Innovation: A Mixed-Methods Exploration of Their Interplay and Impact on Organizational Performance in Multinational Pharmaceutical Organizations
Klaphake Cornelia Johanna Maria (2023): "Bridging Borders of Pediatric Cancer Care: Unraveling Challenges Faced by Prinses Máxima Centrum Staff in Treating Medically Evacuated Pediatric Cancer Patients from Ukraine"
van der Heijden Wies Mette Henriette (2022): Greening healthcare: A carbon footprint analysis of The Green Intensive Care
Meels Lobke (2022): Implementation of an Alternative Diagnostic Pathway for the Screening of Colorectal Cancer Patients in The Netherlands - The Service Providers Perspectives
Ringel Laura (2022): The Influence of Physician Assistants on the Healthcare Workforce in German Inpatient Care: A Qualitative Study
Schouten Aniek (2022): Effects of a Multicomponent Lifestyle Programme for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Practice-based evidence at two years compared to integrated standard care
Tripathy Amruta (2022): The cost-effectiveness of the bedaquiline-based treatment regimen for multidrug resistant- tuberculosis in Ethiopia & impact on decision makers
Mazurel Germaine Véronique (2021): Aligning Incentives in Long-Term Care in the Netherlands using a Principal - Agent Relationship Framework
Jäckel Susanne (2019): The importance of medication literacy for the adherence of antibiotic treatment and the potential influence on antimicrobial resistance