I am an expert macroeconomic simulation modeller and have 25 years of experience in development and health economics research. I hold degrees in Mathematics and Economics (MSc) and Development Economics (PhD) from University of Copenhagen. Before joining LSHTM in September 2016, I worked at University of Copenhagen for more than 20 years.
Affiliations
Department of Global Health and Development
Faculty of Public Health and Policy
Centres
Malaria Centre
Global Health Economics Centre
Teaching
My teaching roles include Module Organiser for the school's distance learning module in Economic Analysis for Health Policy, MSc Project tutor for the school's Public Health distance learning stream, and PhD supervisor.
Research
I have authored a number of academic journal articles with a focus on macroeconomic simulation modelling and full model integration of macroeconomic and epidemiological models.
I have been lead modeller and PI on a range of projects covering economic development and poverty alleviation strategies, middle-income country financial sector development strategies, labour market adjustment strategies, agricultural trade policies, road infrastructure policies, and national accounts construction.
Over the past decade, my research has focussed on health and the measurement of disease burdens and policy impacts on infectious and non-communicable diseases including malaria and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, Alzheimer’s Disease in China, Covid-19 in Pakistan and the UK, TB in India, and dietary-related illnesses in South, South East, and East Asia, and policy analyses of child work in Myanmar.
My methodological focus is the application of Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models, and the construction of fully integrated macroeconomic-epidemiological-demographic simulation model frameworks.
I have been lead modeller and PI on a range of projects covering economic development and poverty alleviation strategies, middle-income country financial sector development strategies, labour market adjustment strategies, agricultural trade policies, road infrastructure policies, and national accounts construction.
Over the past decade, my research has focussed on health and the measurement of disease burdens and policy impacts on infectious and non-communicable diseases including malaria and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa, Alzheimer’s Disease in China, Covid-19 in Pakistan and the UK, TB in India, and dietary-related illnesses in South, South East, and East Asia, and policy analyses of child work in Myanmar.
My methodological focus is the application of Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models, and the construction of fully integrated macroeconomic-epidemiological-demographic simulation model frameworks.
Research Area
Agriculture
Climate change
Economic evaluation
Food
Health policy
Trade
Modelling
Development studies
Mathematical Modelling
Disease and Health Conditions
Tuberculosis
Non-communicable diseases
Malaria
Infectious diseases
Country
China
Ghana
India
Mozambique
Myanmar
Pakistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Turkey
United Kingdom
Vietnam
Region
Europe & Central Asia (all income levels)
Middle East & North Africa (all income levels)
Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)
South Asia
East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)
Selected Publications
Integrating economic and health evidence to inform Covid-19 policy in low- and middle- income countries.
2022
Wellcome open research
Time to integrate epidemiological and economic models for TB.
2022
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Integrating economic and health evidence to inform Covid-19 policy in low- and middle- income countries
2020
Wellcome Open Research