Staff

Professor Gavin Mooney – Honorary Professor

In addition to his UCT position, Gavin is Honorary Professor at the University of Sydney and Visiting Professor at Aarhus University, Denmark. He has been active in the field of health economics since the early 1970s. He has made an exceptional contribution to scholarship and the discipline of health economics internationally and at UCT.

He was at the forefront of the development of techniques for applying economic theory and principles to the health sector, challenging the prevailing orthodoxy of prioritising efficiency over equity considerations in health care decision-making. Mooney is regarded as one of the leading health economics educators in the world and has taught on postgraduate programmes in nearly 30 countries. He received an Honorary Doctorate from UCT in June 2009. Gavin lives in Perth, Western Australia.

Contact

Email: g.mooney@westnet.com.au