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Health economics; economic evaluation; health technology assessment
South Africa

Biography

Susan Cleary is an Associate Professor in Health Economics at the University of Cape Town with close to 20 years’ experience in health economics research and teaching, particularly within the economic evaluation of interventions in the public health system. She has published widely in high impact journals and her work has influenced government policy. She coordinated the economics and costing components of the South African National Strategic Plans for HIV, TB and STIs for the 2007-2011 and 2012-2016 periods. She has held a number of teaching and research capacity development/leadership roles including Director of the Health Economics Unit (2007-2012), convener of the Postgraduate Diploma in Health Economics (2007-2014; 2018 to date) and convener of the PhD Programme in Public Health (2014 to date). Under her supervision, 4 PhD and 24 Masters candidates have graduated; she currently supervises/co-supervise 6 PhD candidates and 1 Postdoctoral Fellow. Over a 6-year period, she led an 8-country Health Economics capacity development programme that included a unique network of Health Economists (HEPNet) and the administration of 30 bursaries to African candidates on the Masters in Public Health specializing in Health Economics.

Activities

Peer review (3 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for BMC health services research (2)
Review activity for BMC public health (1)