Richard Smith BA MSc PhD

Head of PHP and Professor of Health System Economics

I have been a Health Economist for over 20 years, following undergraduate and postgraduate studies in economics at the University of York. Upon leaving York in 1991, I worked in Sydney, Cambridge, Bristol, Melbourne and Norwich, before joining the LSHTM in May 2007. I am also an Honorary Professor of Health Economics at the Universities of Hong Kong and East Anglia.

I have worked in a number of areas of health economics, such as the monetary and non-monetary valuation of health, health care reform and genomics. More recently my work has focused especially upon developing the application of macro-economics to health, the economics of globalization and health, and aspects of trade in health goods, services, people and ideas.

Affiliation

Teaching

I am involved in the new Distance Learning MSc in Global Health Policy, launched in October 2011.

Research

My current interests are broadly in the interaction and interface between a nations health system and other systems - both within the nation (e.g. agriculture, manufacturing and finance sectors) and between different countries (e.g. through movement of health professionals).  This interest has been manifest in three areas: (i) macro-economic modeling of health (care), concerning the impact of communicable and non-communicable diseases and related polices; and(ii) economic analysis of the impact of trade and trade agreements.  Examples of this work are available in the selected publications.

Research areas

  • Globalisation
  • Health systems
  • Infectious disease

Disciplines

  • Economics

Other interests

  • Macro Economics
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