He is also an Associate Research Scholar at the Healthy Populations Institute (HPI). Dr. Hajizadeh received his PhD in Economics from the University of Queensland and have held postdoctoral positions at McGill and Western universities. Prior to his PhD studies, he worked as a lecturer at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. A health economist by training, his primary research interests are analyzing equity of health care, measuring inequality in health and evaluating health and social policies. His other research interests include health services research, global health and economic analysis of chronic diseases.