Dr Ryota Nakamura
Associate Professor
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
15-17 Tavistock Place
London
WC1H 9SH
United Kingdom
Ryota Nakamura is a health economist and an associate professor at LSHTM. He holds a BA and an MA in Economics from Kyoto University and a PhD in Economics from University of York. Prior to joining LSHTM in 2025, he held positions at University of East Anglia, University of York and Hitotsubashi University. His research interests include empirical and theoretical investigations of health financing and health behaviour, using a wide range of empirical approaches including RCT, quasi-experimental evaluation and evidence synthesis.
Affiliations
Centres
Teaching
I have led or contributed to the following academic modules:
- Health Economic Analysis (Hitotsubashi University, postgraduate and advanced undergraduate level): Introduction to health economics and economic evaluation.
- Topics in Public Economics (Hitotsubashi University, postgraduate and advanced undergraduate level): Behavioral public policies.
- Seminars in Health Economics (Hitotsubashi University, postgraduate and advanced undergraduate level): Lectures on selected topics in health economics and health policy.
- Tutorials and Dissertation Supervision (Hitotsubashi University, postgraduate and undergraduate level): Dissertaion and project supervision.
- Introductory Statistics (University of Tokyo, undergraduate level): Fundamental concepts and theories in statistical analysis.
- Health Economics and Finance (National University of Singapore, Master of Public Health program): Introduction to health economics (delivered through three 3-hour lectures).
I have also organized and developed the content for the following professional training courses:
- Impact Evaluation of Public Health Policies for Health Technology Assessment (jointly with the National University of Singapore): A series of lectures and practical sessions on quasi-experimental methods for evaluating the impact of public health policies.
- Professional Training in Health Economics and Policy (Hitotsubashi University): A four-day professional training course covering policy evaluation, health technology assessment, and healthcare accounting.
Additionally, I have occasionally contributed to capacity-building activities in health technology assessment (HTA) in low- and middle-income countries in Asia and Africa.
Research
My research primarily focuses on two broad areas:
- Health Financing
- Health financing reforms in Asia and Africa
- Efficient and equitable health benefit package design (health technology assessment)
- The impact of sin taxes in public health and financing
- Health Behaviour
- Impact of financial incentives on health-related behaviours
- Behavioural insights in health interventions and policy
- Social determinants on health outcomes and behaviour