Jahangir A.M. Khan

Jahangir A.M. Khan

Affiliated to Teaching/Tutoring | Docent
Visiting address: Widerströmska huset, Tomtebodavägen 18A, 17165 Solna
Postal address: C7 Lärande, Informatik, Management och Etik, C7 MMC Rehnberg, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • Professor Jahangir A. M. Khan is affiliated to the Health Economics and
    Policy Unit and a Course Director at the Department of Learning, Informatics,
    Management and Ethics of Karolinska Institutet.
    Professor Jahangir A. M. Khan of the University of Gothenburg, is an
    affiliated researcher to the Health Economics and Policy Research Unit
    of the Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics
    at Karolinska Institutet. Jahangir is a Course Director of the MSc program
    in Health Economics, Policy and Management. He teaches health economics for
    undergraduate and post-graduate students and supervise MSc and PhD students.
    His research focuses on health system economics and global health economics
    for contributing to achieving Universal Health Coverage.
    Professor Khan had his basic education (BSc and MSc) in Economics from
    Stockholm University and later completed PhD from Karolinska Institutet in
    Health Systems Research with Health Economics track. He worked at the
    department of Public Health Sciences and Department of Learning, Informatics,
    Management and Ethics of Karolinska Institutet as a Researcher
  • at icddr, b
    (an international health research institute in Bangladesh) as an
    International Scientist and head of the Health Economics Unit and at
    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom as a Senior
    Lecturer before joining the University of Gothenburg in 2020. Khan Adjunct
    Professor of James P Grant School of Public Health at Brac University in
    Bangladesh.
    * Jahangir received Grand Challenge Canada - Rising Stars for Global Health
    award.
    Link: https://www.grandchallenges.ca/grantee-stars/0131-01/
    [1]
    * Health Economics Unit of icddr, b under Jahangir's leadership was
    classified as 'Excellent' by international external scientific reviewers
    in 2014.
    BSc and MSc in Economics from Stockholm University and PhD in Health Systems
    Research with Health Economics track from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
    [1] https://www.grandchallenges.ca/grantee-stars/0131-01/

Research

  • Jahangir's research and academic experiences have significantly focused on
    applied health economics covering healthcare financing, economic evaluation
    of health interventions, determinants of utilisation of healthcare, equity in
    health & healthcare, illness and poverty as well as financial risk protection
    for Universal Health Coverage (UHC). His research strongly addresses
    Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Jahangir applies health econometrics
    extensively in his research.
    *RECENT PUBLICATIONS*
    * Ahmed S, Dorina F, Satter SM, Sarker AR, Sultana M, Gastanaduy PA,
    Parashar U, Tateh JE, Gurley ES, *Khan JAM*. 2021. James D.
    HeffelfingeraThe economic burden of rotavirus hospitalization among
    children

Teaching

  • Jahangir is the Course Director of /Health Economics - Financing Health and
    Medical Care/ course at the Master's of Health Economics, Policy and
    Management Programme. Jahangir teaches Microeconomics, Health Economics,
    Health Systems and Policy for undergraduate and post-graduate level
    students and supervises PhD candidates.

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Employments

  • Affiliated to Teaching/Tutoring, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-2025

Degrees and Education

  • Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2020
  • Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2005

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