Shaun Larkin

Professor Shaun Larkin is a part-time academic at the School of Public Health, University of Sydney, specializing in Health Policy and Financing. He is affiliated with the Leeder Centre for Health Policy, Economics and Data and a member of the Charles Perkins Centre. With a career spanning executive roles at HCF and non-executive directorships in health startups, his work bridges academia and industry.

• Education: Harvard Business School alumnus with a HlthScD, MBA, MHSc, and BHA.

His research focuses on health economics, health policy, and health services management, emphasizing:

• Translational research in healthcare financing
• Trends in private-public healthcare partnerships
• Price transparency in private health insurance
• Leadership in health systems
• Chronic disease management
• Quality use of medicines

His publications reveal a trajectory from foundational work in:

• Psychiatric services data standardization (2000)
• Heart disease and diabetes management (2013-2015)
• Telehealth interventions (2017-2018)
• Private sector policy frameworks (2019-2020)
• Saudi Arabian health reforms (2022-present)
• Private equity in healthcare (2025)

As an advisor, he currently supervises research students on topics including:

• Quality use of medicines in Saudi Arabia
• Sustainable financial models for private hospitals
• Patient-reported outcome measures in Australia

He also contributes to the Leeder Centre and engages with global health startups as an investor and advisor.