Hi, I’m Ian Ross! I specialise in the economics of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services.
You can find my CV here and Google Scholar page here. The projects I am currently working on are listed here. Some of my publications are:
- Effectiveness of handwashing with soap for preventing acute respiratory infections in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet
- Using water-adjusted person years to quantify the value of being water secure for an individual’s quality of life. Water Research
- Impact of a sanitation intervention on quality of life and mental well-being in low-income urban. BMJ Open
- Costs of hand hygiene for all in household settings: estimating the price tag for the 46 least developed countries. BMJ Global Health
- Measuring and valuing broader impacts in public health: Development of a sanitation-related quality of life instrument in Maputo, Mozambique. Health Economics
- How does sanitation influence people’s quality of life? Qualitative research in low-income areas of Maputo, Mozambique. Social Science & Medicine
I’m an Assistant Professor in Health Economics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), and have worked in WASH research and policy for about 15 years. I am in the Environmental Health Group but also part of the Global Health Economics Centre where I completed my PhD. Before joining LSHTM, I established and grew a six-strong water team at Oxford Policy Management (2012-2017), leading £5 million of WASH consulting projects for the World Bank, DFID and UNICEF. Prior to that, I was in WaterAid’s policy team (2007-2011) working on a variety of research and advocacy, including a secondment to Timor-Leste. You can find me on LinkedIn here (but please note that I only accept requests from people I know). You can email me via the contact section on the right of this page.
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