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Maya Matthews

Head of Unit for Health Technology Assessment at the European Commission

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Maya Matthews: key facts

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Sector leader
Role
Head of Unit for Health Technology Assessment at the European Commission
Quoted on
Rare diseases
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6 May 2026

04  The signal · where Maya Matthews sits on rare diseases

Ranked 25= of 231 voices quoted in the press on rare diseases, level with 206 others on 1 citation.

Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.

  1. 1=Vinay PrasadAcademicProfessor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Medicine; hematologist-oncologist, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)4
  2. 1=David WeitzAcademicMallinckrodt Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics; Professor of Systems Biology, Harvard University (John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences)4
  3. 1=Tuomas KnowlesAcademic1920 Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Cambridge4
  4. 25=Xavier NissanAcademicproject coordinator of DREAMS and research director at French research institute I-Stem that specialises in stem cell therapy and the treatment of monogenic diseases1
  5. 25=Alexandre MejatSector leaderScientific International Affairs Manager at AFM Télethon1
  6. 25=Maya MatthewsSector leaderHead of Unit for Health Technology Assessment at the European Commission1
  7. 25=Dr Jayne HoughtonAcademiclead Clinical Scientist for this project at the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust1
  8. 25=Professor Sarah FlanaganAcademicProfessor of the University of Exeter Medical School1

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05  On the record · press

What Maya Matthews has said

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  • theparliamentmagazine.eu1

Where Maya Matthews has been quoted

  1. 01A strategic moment for Europe’s fight against rare diseasestheparliamentmagazine.eu · 6 May 2026

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“The Commission remains actively engaged with stakeholders to improve the framework”
Head of Unit for Health Technology Assessment at the European Commission · Rare diseases · theparliamentmagazine.eu · 6 May 2026 · Read the article

Chief executives, directors and spokespeople of trade bodies, representative associations and charities speaking for the sector. Citations are counted by an automated scan of UK press coverage and may be incomplete. Roles, biographies and contact details are researched and human-reviewed before they appear here; anything not yet reviewed is simply absent rather than shown unverified. This profile was last updated on 5 Oct 2026. See the methodology for how this page is built, or email contact@bridgeheadcommunications.com to correct anything on it.