Health Economics - Research Fellow/ Senior Research Fellow / Research Assoc Prof

Climate change is the defining challenge of this century, and healthcare is both a victim of climate change and a major contributor to it. The Centre for Sustainable Medicine (CoSM) at the National University of Singapore works at the frontier of policy, clinical systems, and global health to accelerate the transition to low-carbon, climate-resilient health systems across Asia and worldwide.

We invite applications for a Senior Health Economist to lead and grow the Centre’s work on the economic case for net zero healthcare.

The postholder will be responsible for taking CoSM’s world-leading work on decarbonising health systems, hospitals, and clinical pathways and embedding it in rigorous economic analysis: costs, savings, cost-effectiveness, return on investment, budget impact, and health and social co-benefits.

This is a globally outward-facing role involving regular international engagement and travel, and combining applied policy work, academic research, and real-world implementation. The Centre is open to applications from experts from a wide range of seniority, spanning Post-Doctoral Research Fellows through to Research Associate Professors.

Key Responsibilities

1) Leadership of decarbonisation economics work

• Lead the economic and financial analysis underpinning CoSM’s decarbonisation policy programmes at the health system, hospital, clinical pathway, and product level.
• Design and deliver cost-effectiveness analyses, budget impact models, investment cases, and economic impact assessments for net zero healthcare transitions.
• Integrate economic evidence into decarbonisation roadmaps, clinical transformation programmes, and national policy strategies.
• Work closely across the Centre’s research and policy and implementation teams to ensure economic thinking is embedded across research, from design through to real-world delivery.

 

2) Research

• Produce and co-author high-impact academic publications, including with partners such as the Lancet MedZero collaboration.
• Develop new methodological approaches at the intersection of health economics, climate policy, and health systems transformation.
• Lead and develop individual and collaborative grant proposals to grow the capacity of the Centre and their own body of work.

 

3) Policy-facing and international projects

• Lead and contribute to major international projects across Asia-Pacific, and with global multilateral organisations, and national health systems.
• Translate technical economic analysis into decision-ready products for senior policymakers, health system leaders, and finance ministries.
• Contribute to the development of regional and global guidance, standards, and tools for financing and implementing net zero healthcare.
• Support the Centre in maximising its impact through thought pieces, media, international events, and policy briefs.
• Represent the Centre in international technical forums, expert groups, and advisory processes.

 

4) Teaching and capacity building

• Design and deliver teaching on a range of topics related to climate change and health, including on health economics, economic evaluation, and financing the net zero transition for CoSM’s post-graduate programmes and executive education courses.
• Provide senior leadership in the design, development, and delivery of the Centre’s educational offerings.
• Supervise MSc and PhD students and contribute to curriculum development and case-based teaching materials.

Qualifications

Essential

• PhD in Health Economics, Programme Evaluation, Public Health, Environmental Sciences, or an equivalent field.
• Strong track record in applied health economic analysis (e.g. cost-effectiveness, budget impact, HTA, economic evaluation, investment cases).
• Experience working with real-world policy or health system decision-makers.
• Excellent analytical, quantitative, and written communication skills.
• Ability to operate confidently in international, multidisciplinary, policy-facing environments.

 

Highly desirable

• Experience working with governments, multilateral organisations, or large health systems.
• Experience linking economic analysis to policy implementation, financing strategies, or system reform.
• Familiarity with climate, sustainability, or health system transformation agendas.
• Strong quantitative and modelling skills using tools such as R, Python, Stata, Excel, or similar.

 

Remuneration will be commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications and experience. Informal enquiries are welcome and should be made to Professor Nick Watts at n.watts@nus.edu.sg.

 

• Formal application: Please submit your application, indicating current/expected salary, supported by a detailed CV (including personal particulars, academic and employment history, complete list of publications/oral presentations and full contacts of three (3) referees to this job portal. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.