prof. dr. Stefan Listl MSc

Over Stefan Listl

Stefan Listl is a dentist and economist. He is full professor in Quality and Safety of Oral Healthcare at Radboud University (Netherlands), director of theTranslational Health Economics Section at Heidelberg University (Germany), and an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania (USA). 

Stefan is a member of the Lancet Commission on Global Oral Health and the WHO Global Oral Health Report steering group. He previously served as a consultant for Harvard University's Malaysia Health Systems Reform project, and contributed to the FDI World Dental Federation Vision 2030 report, the first ever NIH Report on Oral Health in America, and the oral health standard set of the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM). He spoke at oral health events during United Nations High-Level Meetings, in the Dutch House of Representatives and at the EU Parliament.

Stefan currently serves as coordinating PI for the Horizon Europe projects DELIVER (Deliberative Improvement of Oral Care Quality) and PRUDENT (Prioritiyation, Incentives and Resource Use for Sustainable Dentistry), as well as the German Innovation Fund projects Paro-ComPas and DigIn2Perio which leverage digital tools and patient empowerment to enhance medical-dental integration. He previously served as a PI for the EU Horizon 2020 project ADVOCATE (Added Value for Oral Care) where he coordinated the big data analytics and health economics workstreams. In a research project funded by NIH (USA), he served as Co-PI to analyse cross-country variations in older adults’ dental coverage and out-of-pocket payments. His total grant acquisition exceeds €23 million. 

He is author of more than 120 journal publications, including in Lancet, Nature, Bulletin of the WHO, Journal of Health Economics, Health Economics, American Journal of Epidemiology, American Journal of Public Health, Social Science & Medicine, and Journal of Dental Research. He is editorial board member for the Journal of Dental Research and the Journal of Evidence-based Dental Practice and regularly reviews for journals and funding institutions.

Opleiding

• 2002-2008: Universiteit (Tandheelkunde, Universiteit Regensburg, Duitsland)
• 2003-2009: Universiteit (Economie, Universiteit Regensburg, Duitsland)
• 2006-2007: Universiteit (Health Economics, University of York, Engeland)
• 2009: Promotie (Tandheelkunde, Universiteit Regensburg, Duitsland) Promotor: prof. dr. M. Behr. Copromotor: prof. dr. R. Tschernig
• Titel proefschrift: The psychological perception of dental treatment - a discrete response modeling approach
• 2011: Promotie (Economie, Universiteit Mannheim, Duitsland) Promotor: prof. A. Börsch-Supan, PhD. Copromotor: prof. dr. H. Jürges
• Titel proefschrift: Essays on the economics of oral health and health careTitel proefschrift: Essays on the economics of oral health and health care
• 2012: Habilitatie (Universiteit Heidelberg, Duitsland) Promotor: prof. dr. Hans Jörg Staehle
• Titel proefschrift: Oral health care and social inequality in times of demographic change

Onder­scheidingen

• World Perio Research Award, 1st place
• International Association for Dental Research, Aubrey Sheiham Award for Distinguished Dental Public Health Sciences Research
• International Association for Dental Research, Giddon Award for Distinguished Research in the Behavioral Sciences
• International Association for Dental Research, Lion Dental Research Award
• German National Academic Foundation, Scholarship

Nevenfuncties

• Adjunct Professor, University of Pennsylvania
• Extraordinary Professor, Heidelberg University
• Lancet Commission on Oral Health, member
• WHO Working Group on Oral Health Best Buys, Scientific Chair
• Journal of Dental Research - editorial board member