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Professor Gavin Mooney has had a long and distinguished career in health economics, both in Australia and overseas. Until recently he has been Director of the Social and Public Health Economics Research Group (SPHERe) and Professor of Health Economics at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. In June 2009 he was awarded an Honorary Degree in Social Sciences by the University of Cape Town as ‘one of the founding fathers of health economics’. He has honorary positions at the University of Sydney, Australia and the University of Cape Town, South Africa and visiting positions at Aarhus University, Denmark and the University of New South Wales, Australia.
Gavin has worked as a health economist for over 35 years, first in the UK, then Denmark and more recently in Australia. He has well over 200 publications in health economics, including 22 books. He has a recent book – Challenging Health Economics – published early in 2009 with Oxford University Press. He is currently working on two other books, one on citizens’ juries in health care and the other on reforming health care. I
He has a strong interest in values and especially equity in health care, particularly with respect to Aboriginal health, and in the economics of the social determinants of health.
In recent years he has pioneered citizens’ juries in health in Australia and has facilitated seven juries in WA and South Australia in health services generally, primary health care and Aboriginal health. Gavin has worked as an adviser on many occasions for WHO and OECD and for various governments and health departments.
He is an experienced consultant in health economics especially in priority setting, equity, Aboriginal health and the social determinants of health. He is also recognised as a first rate teacher and runs a variety of short courses in health economics, especially for health service personnel.
Gavin is also Co-convenor, with Colin Penter, of the WA Social Justice Network.
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