Simon Combes

Lecturer in Health Economics at the Global Business School for Health, University College London. Previously held academic positions at the School of Public Health at the University of Rennes (2015-2021), Institute Convergence for Migration (as fellow), and Aix-Marseille University (2012-2014). Research focuses on health economics, public health, migration, health inequalities, and resource allocation.

• MSc in Statistics, University of Rennes
• PhD in Health Economics, University of Aberdeen (2012)

Research interests include health equity, migrant health, labor market disparities in healthcare, resource allocation, and economic policy. Articles reflect trends in OECD health policy, vaccine hesitancy, migrant health disparities, hospital staffing economics, and alcohol consumption inequalities.

Scientific awards include:

• Fellow (FHEA) from Advance Higher Education (2023)
• Facilitator in Intercultural Learning (True North Intercultural, 2020)

Teaching activities at UCL (since 2022) include modules on Principles and Practices of Economics, Capital and Equity Markets in Healthcare, and Economic Evaluation and Health Financing. Research involves microsimulation models for climate change funding (2024) and theoretical resource allocation frameworks (2023).