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W3.06
Institute of Child Health, UCL
30 Guilford Street
London
WC1N1EH

n.batura@ucl.ac.uk

Appointment

Associate Professor in Health Economics
Institute for Global Health
Faculty of Pop Health Sciences

I am a micro economist with experience studying the development of human capital ; poverty and inequality; and the relationship between the two in low- and middle-income countries. I read for a MSc in Economics from Development from the University of Oxford and a PhD in Economics from the University of London. My PhD thesis examined the socio-economic determinants and impact of long-term undernutrition on schooling efficiency outcomes among young children in rural Tanzania, using a comprehensive longitudinal dataset.

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I am currently working across several research sites on the economic evaluation of innovative community based health interventions that aim to improve maternal and child health as well as children's nutrition, growth and development. I am also interested in women's agency and capability; the relationship between poverty, inequality and health outcomes; and the strengthening of human resources for health. I work with multi-disciplinary teams based in the UK and in South Asia (India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh), Africa (Mozambique, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Kenya) and the Pacific Islands (Papua New Guinea) on programme and intervention design, data collection methodology, analysis and dissemination of findings.

I teach on a number of postgraduate and undergraduate courses at UCL:

Introductory Microeconomics for Health for postgraduate students (2017- present)
Microeconomics for Health for postgraduate students (2017- present)
Econometrics for Health for postgraduate students (2017- 2019)
Lectures on health economics for the iBSc (2016-present)
Lectures on health economics for the SSC on the UCL MBBS (2016-present)
Key Principles for Health Economics for postgraduate students (2014- present)
Economic Evaluation for postgraduate students (2013- present)
Research Methods in Action: Quantitative Analysis for postgraduate students (2012-2016)

I served as the Course Director for the MSc Health Economics and Decision Science from 2019-2022; and as the Deputy Deputy Director of Education at the IGH from 2020-2022.

I supervise postgraduate research in health and development economics at UCL.

In addition to teaching activities at UCL, I have taught on a blended learning course on Health Economics and Financing: Achieving Equitable Results for Children delivered by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine for UNICEF staff (2014-2016); and Quantitative Methods for Economists for 1st and 2nd year undergraduate students (SOAS, 2009-2011).

JUN-2017 – SEP-2020	Lecturer in Health Economics	Institute for Global Health	University College London, United Kingdom
APR-2012 – JUN-2017	Research Associate	Institute for Global Health	University College London, United Kingdom
JUL-2011 – NOV-2011	Research Assistant	Centre for International Health and Development	University College London, United Kingdom
OCT-2009 – JUN-2011	Graduate Teaching Assistant	Department of Economics	SOAS, United Kingdom
DEC-2008 – DEC-2011	Research Assistant	Oxford Department of International Development	University of Oxford, United Kingdom

2013	Doctor of Philosophy	School of Oriental and African Studies
2006	Master of Science	University of Oxford
2005	Bachelor of Arts	University of Mumbai

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