I’m Arussa, a cancer research scientist interested in the healthcare space beyond the lab bench – how healthcare systems are shaped by policy, economics, and the realities of every day life.
This blog exists because I kept seeing the same pattern; robust evidence pointing in one direction, policy going in another, and the blank space in between filled with avoidable suffering and wasted resources. I wanted to create a space to explore that gap and address why science doesn’t always translate into better health outcomes, and what stands in the way.
This is not an academic journal or a commentary of the extensive reports out there. Arussa Beyond the Bench sits somewhere in between – aiming to translate evidence and thinking into accessible writing.
What you’ll find here is data- and literature-backed analysis on healthcare systems, prevention policies, treatment costs and the socioeconomic forces shaping who gets what treatment. I write for anyone who is trying to make sense of why the healthcare system functions the way it does.
If you’re interested in where science meets economics, and what that intersection means for real people, you’re in the right place.
Dr Arussa Maan
Cancer Research Scientist (Newcastle University, MRes & University of Oxford, PhD)
Healthcare Economics and Policy (LSE, CPD)
Arussa Beyond the Bench. 