Barbara McPake

Barbara McPake

Professor

Barbara McPake is Professor, Nossal Institute for Global Health, University of Melbourne and Professor at NCAER. Prior to this, she was Director of the Nossal Institute (2014-23) and the Institute for International Health and Development, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh (2005-2014); Programme Director, Health Systems Development Knowledge Programme (2001-6) and Head of Health Policy Unit (2001-4) at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She has extensive international experience in health systems research and policy analysis and advice to UN agencies and low-and-middle income country governments.

Her research focuses on the application of economic theories and methods to the understanding of issues in health system strengthening in low and middle-income countries.

She has a PhD in Health Economics from the University of Wales, College of Medicine.