Resources and Opportunities

Career Opportunities
Mentoring Program
Fellowship Program
Funding, Publication
and Other Opportunities
EDI Resources
Health Economics
Training Programs

Career Opportunities

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Mentoring Program

IHEA initiated a mentoring program in 2019 to support early- and mid-career health economists in their professional development and personal wellbeing. Every year, there is a call for experienced health economists to volunteer to be mentors and for applications from IHEA members who would like to be mentees. As many mentee applicants as possible are matched with a mentor, based on common research interests and other preferences. The program consists of at least four meetings, usually via video call, over a one-year period.

The call for mentors and mentees is issued in November of each year. Applications for the 2025 program should be submitted here by January 21, 2025.

We are very grateful to all mentors for giving their time to support the next generation of health economists and health economics leaders. Please find a list of all who have contributed as mentors here.

Fellowship Program for research support to early career health economics researchers

A new Fellowship Program was launched by IHEA in 2025, made possible by funding from the Canadian Centre for Health Economics (CCHE/CCES) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC/CRDI).

This Program pairs an early-career researcher (ECR) with an experienced researcher for support throughout a research project, over the period of a year to a maximum of 18 months. Support is provided from the phase of identifying a research question and developing a proposal, through data collection and analysis, to writing up and disseminating research findings. It is a research mentoring program for early career researchers who do not currently have senior support, and is envisaged as a collaborative relationship between the research mentor and mentee. It is distinct from IHEA’s professional development mentoring program. An award of USD5,000 will be provided for each Fellowship mentee-mentor pair.

The call for the next round of the Fellowship Program will be released in 2026.

About the Fellowship Program

Eligibility Criteria for Research Mentees
Eligibility Criteria for Research Mentors
Focus of the Research Project
Submission and Selection Process
Nature of the Fellowship Award and Expected Outputs
Fellowship Awards in 2025

The Program is particularly targeted at ECRs who are based in institutions that do not have experienced health economists who could provide such research support. Priority will be given to ECRs based in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Research mentees should either:

Have completed a Master’s degree in health economics, or economics, and plan to enroll for a doctoral program; or
Be a recent health economics Doctoral graduate (preferably within two years of graduating) and not holding a Post-Doctoral Fellowship.

Those currently registered for a doctoral program are not eligible to apply. In exceptional cases, someone enrolled in a Master’s program who has completed or is nearing completion of their course work component, may be eligible for this program for the research component of their degree, if there are no experienced health economists within the institution in which they are studying who could support their research.

Mentors should have at least 5 years of independent research experience and must have research mentoring experience. Mentors should, in particular, be skilled in advising on identifying appropriate research questions.

Mentors should also have experience of collaborative research in countries and with institutions other than where they are based. As most mentees are likely to be from LMICs, experience of collaborative research with LMIC colleagues is important. Experienced researchers who do not have LMIC experience but are wanting to build ethical collaborative research relationships with LMIC colleagues, will be considered. Health economists from the diaspora are particularly encouraged to apply to be mentors, given their familiarity with the country and regional contexts from which mentees are likely to come.

Research undertaken as part of the Fellowship Program can be on any topic within the field of health economics. However, the research must be conducted in the country in which the mentee is based and must be relevant and of importance in that country’s context. Research of policy relevance is particularly encouraged.

Given the 12 to 18-month timeframe, the use of secondary data sources is encouraged. However, research projects that require limited primary data collection will be considered.

Applications for the first round of the program have now closed.

There is a two-stage application process. In the first stage, those interested in being a research mentee or mentor fill in an application form via this webpage when the call for new applications is issued. This information is used to screen applications against the criteria listed above and to identify appropriate mentor-mentee matches.

Where an appropriate mentor-mentee match of eligible applicants is identified, the pair will be requested to work together to develop a brief research proposal and work plan for the Fellowship within 4-6 weeks of being paired.

The draft proposal includes:
- Clear research question
- Motivation of the relevance of this research question in the country context and the expected contribution of the research
- Initial proposal on methodological approach, including data sources and analytical methods
The work plan includes:
- Gantt chart outlining activities and timeframe
- Outline of collaborative approach, including means of communicating, regularity of meetings, agreement on co-authorship of outputs, etc.
- Planned outputs, particularly publications and conference presentations
- Planned use of Fellowship financial Award (budget)

This second stage of the application process is used to select Fellowship Program participants.

The first six Fellowship Awards were made in 2025.

The Fellowship award is a fixed amount of USD5,000. The mentee and mentor will agree on how these funds would best be used, which may include a visit by the mentor to the mentee’s institution or vice versa to work intensively together on the research project, for the purchase of project related software or datasets, publication or conference expenses, etc. The funds may not be used for salary cover for either the mentee or mentor. The funds will be issued in tranches according to the timeline for different activities and when funds will be required. Administrative processes for these tranches will not be onerous.

In addition, mentors and mentees will be awarded complimentary registration for the next IHEA Congress. If the mentee is from an LMIC, additional financial support to attend the Congress may be feasible.

Mentees and mentors will indicate the outputs planned, which should include a financial report on how the Fellowship funds were used, at least one article in a peer-reviewed journal and presentation at the next IHEA Congress. A special session(s) will be organized at the Congress for the presentation of fellowship research findings. Mentees and mentors will also be asked to advise others attending the Congress who are interested in participating in the Fellowship Program.

IHEA congratulates the six early career researchers and their mentors who were selected for the 2025/26 Fellowship Program.

Fellow: Shabbir Ahmed, University of Engineering & Technology – Karachi, Pakistan

Mentor: Bruno Ventelou, Aix-Marseille School of Economics, France

The Impact of Devolution on Efficiency and Equity: Evidence from Pakistan’s Health Sector.

Fellow: Grace Armijos Bravo, Universidad de Especialidades Espíritu Santo, Ecuador

Mentor: Lei Si, Western Sydney University, Australia

Compulsory Contributions to Social Security and Health Care Use Among Female Domestic Workers: The Case of Ecuador.

Fellow: Lewoye Bantie Baylie, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Mentor: Femi Ayadi, University of Houston-Clear Lake, USA

The Effect of Education on Teenage Fertility and Child Health: Evidence from the 1994 Universal Primary Education Policy in Ethiopia.

Fellow: Chinelo Obi, University of Nigeria Enugu Campus

Mentor: Julie Abimanyi-Ochom, Deakin University, Australia

Modelling the Economic and Health System Implications of US HIV Funding Withdrawal from Nigeria: Implications and Mitigation Strategies.

Fellow: Robinson Oyando, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya

Mentor: Stéphane Verguet, Harvard University, USA

The Distributional Consequences of Increasing Tobacco Excise Taxes in Kenya: An Extended Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.

Fellow: Olga Saweri, Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research

Mentor: Najmeh Moradi, Newcastle University, UK

Breast Cancer Screening in Papua New Guinea: An Investment Case for a Countrywide Screening Program

Funding, Publication and Other Opportunities

Information on requests for grant funding proposals, calls for special issue journal contributions and similar opportunities will be posted here and regularly updated. Please share information on such opportunities by emailing ihea@healtheconomics.org.

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EDI Resources

Many universities and other institutions are seeking to promote equality, diversity and inclusion in their organizations and activities, and have developed policies and guidelines which may be helpful resources for others pursuing these goals. We provide links to a few such resources developed by some universities. We will update this list as more materials come to our attention (please send us information on useful resources), and will add ones developed specifically by and for IHEA.

Examples of EDI policies and strategies with links to practical implementation information

Diversity and inclusion in teaching

Organizing inclusive events

Fair Recruitment

University College London Guidance

Disability guidance

Macquarie University Access and Inclusion Strategy

Religion and belief guidance

LGBTQ+ resources

Detailed reports, blogs and related resources

Health Economics Training Programs

A wide range of health economics training programs are offered by a growing number of universities around the world. Those offered by IHEA University members are listed below (by region and country/territory in alphabetical order). Become an IHEA University member to include your course information in this listing.