Lecturer

E-mail: thomassd@tcd.ie

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Steve is a Lecturer in Health Policy and Management and the Director of the Masters in Global Health at Trinity College Dublin. Prior to moving to Ireland he was the Director of the Health Economics Unit at the University of Cape Town.

Steve did his undergraduate degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics and his Masters degree in Development Economics at Oxford University, before completing his PhD at the University of Cape Town. He has a wealth of experience in policy oriented research in government and academia in developing countries, particularly in South Asia and East and Southern Africa.

His research interests include resource allocation, equity, health financing and the development of absorptive capacity in rural districts as a platform for health system change. He is also interested in the politics of reform and how best to deal with vested interests in the health system.

Currently, he is leading research into the viability of Social Health Insurance in the Irish context. Other current research interests include evaluating the applicability of a RAWP type model for health sector resource allocation in the Irish context and exploring strategies to retain human resources in developing countries through the use of incentive packages.

For a full listing of Dr Stephen Thomas’s publications please follow this link