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Dr

Lorna Guinness

Associate Professor in Health Economics

Global Health and Development

BIO

I am a Health Economist with over twenty years of experience in low- and middle-income settings. I have worked within international funding agencies, as a consultant and in academia carrying out research, policy advice and training in financing and economic evaluation, efficiency and equity analyses in low income countries both in Africa and Asia.  I also work on the economics of interventions for vulnerable groups. 

LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE APPOINTMENTS

  • Honorary Associate Professor
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom1 Mar 2022 - 1 Jun 2024
  • Honorary Lecturer
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom1 Jan 2016 - 1 Mar 2022
  • Distance Learning Tutor
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom1 Jan 2009 - present
  • Lecturer
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Public Health and Policy, London, United Kingdom1 Nov 2007 - 1 Jan 2016
  • Research Fellow
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom1 Jan 2001 - 1 Nov 2007
  • Research Assistant
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom1 Jul 1996 - 1 Sep 1996
  • Research assistant
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Public Health and Policy, London, United Kingdom1 May 1997 - 31 Dec 1997
  • Associate Professor
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom24 May 2024 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Visiting Research Fellow
    Australian National University, Canberra, Australia1 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2011
  • Research assistant
    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom1 Sep 1996 - 1 Apr 1997

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Non-Resident Fellow
    Center for Global Development, London, United Kingdom20 Apr 2020 - present
  • Consultant
    Imperial College London, International Decision Support Initiative, London, United Kingdom1 Nov 2018 - 20 Apr 2020
  • Consultant
    Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program, Nonthaburi, Thailand1 Mar 2017 - 30 Jun 2017
  • Consultant
    Copenhagen Consensus Center, Tewksbury, United StatesFeb 2017 - May 2017
  • Consultant
    University of Washington, Seattle, United StatesJan 2016 - Jan 2017
  • Associate Economist
    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Geneva, SwitzerlandJan 2000 - Dec 2000
  • Health Economist
    Maxwell Stamp Plc, London, United KingdomJan 1998 - Dec 1999
  • Consultant
    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Geneva, SwitzerlandMay 2020 - Sep 2021

DEGREES

  • PhD, Health Economics
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom1 Jan 2001 - 6 Nov 2006
  • MSc, Health Policy and Financing
    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom1 Sep 1995 - 1 Jul 1996
  • MA, Development Studies
    School of Oriental and African Studies, London, United Kingdom1 Sep 1993 - 31 Aug 1994
  • MA(Hons), Economics and Economic History
    University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom1 Sep 1987 - 1 Jul 1991

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Advanced Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
    University of Oxford, Oxford, United KingdomApr 2011 - present
  • Introduction to Econometrics
    London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United KingdomJul 2002 - Aug 2002
    Summer school
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
    Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom27 Mar 2026 - present

RESEARCH CENTRES

  • Centre for Evaluation
  • Global Health Economics Centre

REGIONS & COUNTRIES

  • India
  • Kenya
  • South Asia
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)
  • Tanzania
  • Timor-Leste
  • United Kingdom
  • Rwanda

TOPICS & DISCIPLINES