Editorial Board

The Editorial Board guides the standards, quality, and direction of HealthEconomics.wiki. Its members contribute specialist expertise, review evidence, and help ensure that published content is accurate, relevant, and trustworthy.

Senior Editors

Professor Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar

Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Practice

Professor Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar is Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Practice at Qatar University and a Visiting Professor at the University of Huddersfield in the United Kingdom. His work focuses on pharmacy practice, pharmaceutical policy, medicine pricing, access to medicines and the quality use of medicines. He has held academic and leadership roles in the United Kingdom and New Zealand and has contributed expertise to international organisations, including the World Health Organization and the World Bank. His research explores how pharmaceutical policies affect the availability, affordability and appropriate use of medicines across different healthcare systems. He is also the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice and has authored and edited numerous publications on pharmaceutical policy and pharmacy practice.

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Portrait of Professor Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar

Board Members

Professor Bander Sameer Balkhi

Professor of Health Economics and Policy

Professor Bander Sameer Balkhi is Professor of Health Economics and Policy in the College of Pharmacy at King Saud University in Saudi Arabia. He holds pharmacy qualifications and a PhD in Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in the United States. His work focuses on health economics, pharmacoeconomics, outcomes research, value assessment, pharmaceutical pricing and reimbursement, and the use of real-world evidence in healthcare decision-making. Professor Balkhi has contributed to research, education and policy discussions intended to strengthen evidence-informed healthcare decisions and improve the value and sustainability of healthcare in Saudi Arabia and internationally.

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Professor Samar Farid

Professor of Clinical Pharmacy

Professor Samar Farid is Professor and Founding Head of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Egypt. Her work focuses on clinical pharmacy, pharmacoeconomics, health technology assessment, health outcomes research and the economic evaluation of medicines and healthcare interventions. Her research includes healthcare costs, cost-effectiveness and cost-utility analysis, pharmaceutical policy, health-related quality of life and health-state valuation. She has contributed to the development of the Egyptian EQ-5D-5L value set and to research supporting the use of locally relevant economic evidence in healthcare decision-making. Her work also contributes to the development of pharmacoeconomics research and education in Egypt and the wider Middle East and North Africa region.

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Professor Catherine Hale

Professor of Medical Law, Ethics & Education

Professor Catherine Hale is Professor of Medical Law, Ethics and Education at Warwick Medical School and also teaches within Warwick Law School, principally in medical law. Her work brings together legal scholarship, healthcare ethics and professional education, with a strong emphasis on pedagogical practice and interdisciplinary collaboration. She is particularly interested in how ethical reasoning and legal frameworks shape clinical decision-making, health policy and the education of healthcare professionals. Professor Hale plays a central role in curriculum design, teaching innovation and research development and is Director of CPD and Short Courses within Warwick Medical School. She is a qualified Barrister-at-Law, a CEDR-accredited mediator, a Senior Fellow of Advance HE and a Fellow of the Warwick International Higher Education Academy. She also contributes to television and radio discussions concerning legal and ethical issues in healthcare.

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Professor Tim Rees

Professor in Sport, Bournemouth University

Professor Tim Rees is Professor in Sport in Bournemouth University’s School of Allied Health and Exercise Science. A Chartered Psychologist and accredited sport and exercise scientist, his research examines how social and psychological processes shape performance, motivation and behaviour change. His work spans elite sport, physical activity and group-based approaches to health and rehabilitation. He has contributed to research on talent development and is leading work to help health and exercise professionals deliver group-based rehabilitation. He joins the HealthEconomics.wiki Editorial Board in a governance role, helping to maintain high quality standards and expert validation of its knowledge production processes.

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