Rosanna Tarricone is Associate Professor in Public Administration at Bocconi University, Milan, and Director of the Centre for Research on Health and Social Care (CeRGAS). She graduated in Business Administration from Bocconi University and holds an MSc in Health Services Management and a PhD in Public Health, both from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, UK. Her main areas of research are: health care management, economic analysis of health care services, health policy and health technology assessment (HTA). Prof Tarricone is a member of the Board of Directors of ISPOR.