Hampton Toole is an analyst at RAND. She works primarily in health and wellbeing at RAND Europe with a focus on health care innovation research. Her work at RAND Europe primarily focuses on how innovation can be supported and adopted, and the intersection between evidence generation and translation into policymaking. She has conducted research on a wide range of topics, including health service data use and digitisation, global health and development, health care workforce challenges, the UK pharmaceutical landscape, and social care. She has utilised a wide range of methods, including desk research, literature reviews, interviews and workshops to understand system needs and barriers to innovation demand and adoption. Prior to joining RAND Europe, Toole worked at a consulting firm and advised health tech and pharmaceutical companies on politics, policy, and regulation, with a particular focus on the NHS. At RAND Europe, she has contributed to a range of projects for clients including NHS England, the UK Humanitarian Innovation Hub, the UK Food Standards Agency and Cancer Research UK. She holds an M.Sc. in international social and public policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
M.A. in international relations and modern history, University of St Andrews; M.Sc. in international social and public policy (development stream), London School of Economics and Political Science
