Beverley Essue is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Economics for Global Health Systems Equity at the Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, a Faculty Research Fellow at Rotman School of Management’s Institute for Gender and the Economy and honorary Senior Fellow at the George Institute for Global Health, India.
Her transdisciplinary research focuses on financial risk protection, equitable priority setting, and advancing gender and health equity across diverse global contexts.
She has had leadership roles in driving major global health initiatives with the WHO, World Bank, and the Disease Control Priorities. Most recently, she co-chairs the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Lancet Commission on Gender-Based Violence and Maltreatment of Young People, co-leads its economics pillar, and serves as a Commissioner on the Lancet Commissions on Cancer and Health Systems.
In 2020, she was recognized among the Canadian Women in Global Health for her leadership and scholarship
Transdisciplinary Evaluation of Equity and Fairness in Priority Setting Practice in Health Systems
This initiative advances a rigorous, transdisciplinary approach to evaluating how health systems make decisions about allocating scarce resources. Priority setting, deciding which programs, services, or populations receive funding, is central to health system performance, yet its evaluation is often inconsistent […]
Lead: Beverley Essue
Valuing Equity and People for Fairness and Impact in Health Systems
This initiative focuses on generating evidence to reshape how health systems recognize, measure, and respond to inequities by valuing the people, contributions, and lived experiences that sustain care. It advances a justice-informed approach to health economics and health systems research, […]
Lead: Beverley Essue
3P Lab: Centring Power, Privilege and Positionality for Health Equity Research
The 3P Lab is an interdisciplinary hub dedicated to transforming how health equity research is conceived, conducted, and put into practice. Developed in response to the profound inequities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and longstanding calls to confront structural racism […]
Lead: Beverley Essue
Application of Equity-Focused Health Economics in Implementation Science for Universal Health Coverage
This initiative aims to advance universal health coverage (UHC) by integrating equity-focused health economics methods in implementation science research. It examines not only what interventions work, but how, for whom, and under what system conditions they can be effectively implemented, […]
Lead: Beverley Essue
Affiliates: Erica MC Di Ruggiero
Advancing Integrated and Equitable Systems of Support for Individuals Impacted by Gender-Based Violence
This program investigates how structural, economic, and policy barriers shape survivors’ access to essential health and social services, including dental care, an often-overlooked component of recovery and well-being. Using a health systems and policy lens, the program also examines the […]
Lead: Beverley Essue
Pratyasha Acharya
PhD Graduate Student
Thesis: Targeting Efficacy of Indian Public Health Insurance Programs
Supervisors: Beverley Essue, Ajay Mahal
Otuto Amarauche Chukwu
PhD Graduate Student
Thesis: Task shifting for oncology care; utilizing pharmacists in expanding access to care in low- and middle-income countries
Supervisors: Beverley Essue
Sakshi Jain
PhD Graduate Student
Supervisors: Beverley Essue
Prossy Kiddu Namyalo
PhD Graduate Student
Thesis: The Path Toward Universal Health Coverage: An Evaluation of the Free Healthcare Policy in Public Healthcare Facilities in Uganda
Supervisors: Beverley Essue, Lisa Forman
Foram Patel
MSc Graduate Student
Thesis: Exploring sustainable financing models for primary care in low- and middle-income countries
Supervisors: Beverley Essue, Boriana Miloucheva
CHL5300 – Public Health Policy
Advanced Methods for Economic Evaluation Workshop – contact me for details