David Bath
BA(Hons) MAppFin MSc
Research Fellow
in Health Economics
LSHTM
15-17 Tavistock Place
London
WC1H 9SH
United Kingdom
I joined the Department of Global Health and Development as a Research Fellow in Health Economics in January 2015, after completing an MSc in Public Health at LSHTM. I also have a Masters in Applied Finance from Macquarie University and a BA in Political Science from The University of Western Australia.
Prior to LSHTM, I worked for 13 years in corporate advisory and health finance in Australia, including as financial advisor to some of Australia's largest health and hospital infrastructure projects.
Affiliations
Centres
Teaching
I teach on the School's Economic Evaluation distance learning course. I have been a seminar leader on the Economic Evaluation and Introduction to Health Economics face-to-face modules, and lectured on the Epidemiology and Control of Malaria module.
Research
I am currently working on the PERFORM study (http://www.perform2020.eu/), a large EU Horizon 2020 project across 12 sites in 8 countries, which aims to improve the management of febrile illness in children through the development of new diagnostic technologies for differentiating between bacterial and viral infections. My work is assessing the potential cost-effectiveness of such technologies across different countries and clinical settings.
Other recent projects include cost-effectiveness modelling of the introduction of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in the private retail sector in sub-Saharan Africa, and economic evaluations alongside: a cluster-randomised trial of reactive malaria case detection in Cambodia, a cluster-randomised trial of a novel long-lasting insecticidal net against malaria in Tanzania, and a cluster-randomised non-inferiority trial of targeted malaria vector control in South Africa.
Other research interests include mechanisms for funding and financing of health systems and health infrastructure.
Selected Publications
