Maria Trottmann

Maria earned her Master’s degree in Economics at the University of Zurich in 2005. After graduation, she worked as an econometrician for CSS Insurance, Switzerland’s largest sickness fund. Her tasks included research projects in risk adjustment, prospective payment and managed care. Starting in 2007, she combined her job with part-time PhD studies in health economics at the University of Zurich (Adviser: Prof. Peter Zweifel). She also became a member of the European Risk Adjustment Network RAN. In 2009, she left her position at CSS to become a visiting scholar at Boston University. In Boston, she worked with Prof Randall Ellis, one of the most distinguished researchers in risk adjustment and health economics worldwide. Since returning to Switzerland, she continues her PhD studies and works part-time for Verisk Health / DxCG.

Experience

• Sept 2009 – now Health Risk Modeller, Verisk Health GmbH.
• Feb 2009 – Aug 2009 Visiting Scholar at Boston University
• Aug 2005 – Jan 2009 Econometrician at CSS Insurance

Education

• 2006 – now PhD studies in Health Economics, Classes in Microeconomics and Econometrics.
• 2000 – 2005 Master in Economics, University of Zurich.
• Tools: STATA, SAS, S-plus, R, Business Objects, Ms Access
• Basic Knowledge: SQL, Matlab
• Languages: German, English, French

english / deutsch