Research Projects
Global health policy and health systems research


Programme(s) to which this project applies:
☑ MPhil/PhD ☒ MRes[Med] ☒ URIS

This area of research focuses on conducting health policy and systems research in any international context.  Research methods include those in policy analysis, health economics methods, and comparative analysis.  Current projects include an analysis of financial protection determinants and policies across the Asia-Pacific region, government response to COVID-19, and the use of routine health information system data to evaluate health policy or health system programmes. 

Professor KA Grepin, School of Public Health

Karen A. Grépin is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Global Development and an Associate Professor at the School of Public Health of the University of Hong Kong (HKU). Her research focuses on institutional factors affecting the demand and supply of health services, development assistance for health, and government policy response to infectious disease outbreaks. 

Professor Grépin holds a Ph.D. in Health Policy (economics) from Harvard University, an S.M. in Health Policy and Management from the Harvard School of Public Health, and a B.Sc. in Immunology from McGill University.

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kgrepin@hku.hk

For more information or to express interest for this project, please email the supervisor or the specified contact point in the project description.  Interested candidates are advised to enclose with your email:

  1. your CV,
  2. a brief description of your research interest and experience, and
  3. two reference letters (not required for HKUMed UG students seeking MRes[Med]/URIS projects).

Information on the research programme, funding support and admission documentations could be referenced online at the Research Postgraduate Admissions website. General admission enquiries should be directed to rpgmed@hku.hk.

HKUMed MBBS students interested in the Master of Research in Medicine (MRes[Med]) programme may visit the programme website for more information.  

HKUMed UG students interested in the Undergraduate Research Internship Scheme (URIS) may visit the scheme’s website for more information. 

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