Marina Antillon

Marina Antillon PhD

Marina Antillon, PhD has been a Senior Scientist at ECPM since October 2025 and at University of Warwick since December 2024. She has previously held positions at Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Antwerp, and University of Chicago.

Her research has involved mathematical simulation modeling, economic evaluations, and statistical methods – including machine learning methods – for uncertainty quantification. Her research has spanned chronic diseases (cancer and heritable diseases), infectious diseases (vaccination and elimination), as well as migraines. Her research at ECPM focuses on treatment pathways and insurance reimbursement policies.

She holds a PhD in Public Health (Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases) from Yale University, and a BA from University of Chicago where she majored in Environmental Studies and minored in Statistical Methods

marina.antillon(at)unibas.ch

Research Areas

  • Epidemiological modeling/burden of disease
  • Health economics evaluation (CEA/HTA, BIA)
  • Real-world data analysis

Education

  • 2017: PhD Public Health (Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases), Yale University
  • 2015: MPhil Public Health (Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases), Yale University
  • 2012: BA Major in Environmental Studies (Honors) & Minor in Statistical Methods, University of Chicago

Professional Experience

Oct 2025-Present: Research Scientist (Part-time), Institute of Pharmaceutical Medicine (ECPM), University of Basel, Switzerland
Dec 2024-Present: Research Scientist (Part-time), Department of Mathematics, University of Warwick, UK (Remote)
August-Nov 2024: Consultant, University of Maryland, US (Remote)
May 2018 – Mar 2024: Post-doc – Senior Scientific Collaborator – Project Leader, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Switzerland
Oct 2017 – May 2018: Post-doc (Fulbright Commission Funding), University of Antwerp, Belgium
Aug 2012 – Aug 2017: PhD Student - Graduate Student Assistant - Teaching Assistant - Statistical Consultant, Yale University, US
Jul 2010 – Jul 2012: Research Assistant, Health Studies (now Public Health Sciences) & Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, USOct 2008 – May 2010: Student Research Assistant, Booth School of Business & Health Studies (now Public Health Sciences), University of Chicago, US