Felix Teufel, MD

Biography

Felix Teufel is a PhD student in Global Health and Development at the Rollins School of Public Health. Prior to joining Emory, he obtained his medical degree at Heidelberg University in Germany. He is a collaborator of the Harvard Global Health and Population Project on Access to Care for Non-Communicable Diseases (HPACC) and has published several original research articles investigating context-specific risk factors for diabetes and hypertension in low- and middle-income countries. Besides his work in academia, Felix gathered experience in clinical medicine and mental health counselling in Eswatini and South Africa. 

His research focuses on improving chronic disease prevention, care and control in low-income and middle-income countries. At the intersection of epidemiology, implementation science and health policy, he investigates how integrating health services for conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and depression can help people live longer and healthier lives. In collaboration with researchers at Kathmandu University, he evaluated the implementation and scale-up of the WHO Package of Essential NCD interventions in Nepal’s primary healthcare system. In addition, he leads various empirical research studies that examine factors influencing health system performance for various chronic diseases, including global access to diabetes medicines.