Aidan Michael Hollis
Positions
Interim Department Head
Professor
President
Incentives for Global Health
Contact information
Phone number
Office: +1 (403) 220-5861
Background
Educational Background
Ph.D. Economics, University of Toronto, 1996
M.A. Economics, University of Toronto, 1990
M.A. English Literature, University of Cambridge, 1985
Research
Areas of Research
My research has for many years focused mainly on pharmaceutical markets -- innovation, competition, pricing, and policy. I have particular interests in (a) access to medicines in lower-income countries, (b) innovation in antibiotics, (c) drugs for rare diseases, and (d) generic drug pricing policy.
I've also worked on electricity markets and on a historical microfinance institution in Ireland, the "loan funds".
Recently I have been thinking a lot about the relationship between innovative technologies and climate change.
Projects
The Health Impact Fund is a proposed mechanism to support innovation and access to medicines for people in low- and lower middle-income countries. The Fund's development is being advanced through the US-base NGO Incentives for Global Health, of which I am President.
I am working on a new project to increase the effectiveness of international climate finance. Climate finance commitments to developing nations by wealthy countries are over $100bn per year, but very little of this is given based on results. We can do better by allocating subsidies competitively based on actual reductions in emissions and other tangible targets.
This project, which I am just beginning, is focused on developing better tools to estimate the value of some of the important attributes of novel antibiotics: Spectrum, Transmission, Enablement, Diversity, and Insurance.
Awards
- Innovation Policy Prize, Office of Health Economics. 2022
- Fellow, Global Justice Program, Yale University. 2021
- Best article, IPAC Canada Editorial Award . 2020
- Associate Professor, Status Only, University of Toronto, Faculty of Pharmacy. 2018
Publications
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