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Naimi Johansson is a health economist and post doc at the Department of clinical science and education, Södersjukhuset. In her research, she focuses on the effects of health care policy and health economic evaluations. 

As a postdoctoral researcher in Johannes Blom's research group on Cancer Prevention and Screening, Naimi Johansson is working on the research project EVIDENCE evaluating the Stockholm-Gotland screening program for colorectal cancer. In the project, she is responsible for the health economic sub-studies to examine the societal costs of screening, the cost-effectiveness of the screening program and consequences of the screening program on healthcare use and societal costs.

Naimi Johansson has published work on health policy issues such as effects of patient out-of-pocket prices on healthcare demand and determinants of geographical variation in healthcare use. Methods for studying these types of policy issues include econometric analyses and Swedish register data -- causal inference using observational data. Naimi Johansson has also worked on health economic evaluations in various ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ fields.

With a background in economics, Naimi Johansson defended her dissertation at the Sahlgrenska Academy in 2021 and later worked as a researcher at Örebro University hospital. During her third cycle studies, Naimi Johansson has held positions as chair of the PhD student council and as PhD student representative in the Faculty Board of Sahlgrenska Academy. She has organized a Swedish network for PhD students in health economics. Naimi Johansson has also been a visiting PhD student at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. 

Naimi Johansson teaches primarily micro economics and health economics. She is supervising theses on bachelor and masters level, as well as PhD students.