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Formal Name: Jo M. Martins Personal Title: Dr Position: Visiting Professor Organisational Unit: Department of Business Telephone: (+61-2) 9850-8468 Fax: (+61-2) 9850-6065 Email: jmartins@efs.mq.edu.au Location: E4A Level 6 Websites: |
Profile
In addition to his teaching, research and consulting activities, Jo. M. Martins has over five decades of working experience in the public and private sectors. He is a graduate in economics from the University of Sydney, where he also completed a post-graduate degree in economic development. Presently, he is the president of the Center for Health Policy and Management and teaches at the Business Department of Macquarie University, where he is a visiting professor, he also teaches at the School of Public Health, University of Sydney. Jo. M. Martins has taught on a part-time basis at a number of universities in Australia and the United States. He has worked for manufacturing and marketing enterprises in Australia. In addition, he has held senior positions in governments in Canada and Australia. He was for many years a senior executive in the Department of Health (NSW). He also had an appointment with the United Nations as an economist, and has been an adviser and consultant to the World Health Organisation. For a period of about ten years, he was a task manager in the World Bank. He continues his associations with the World Bank and the World Health Organisation as a consultant.
Teaching Interests
Areas of interest in teaching include social demography, consumer demographics and behaviour, health policy and financing.
Research Interests
Research interests include consumer demographics and behaviour, gender differences, mortality and epidemiology, health systems organization and development and health financing.Professional Affiliations
Jo. M. Martins is an Associated Fellow of the Australian College of Health Services Executives and a member of the Scientific Committee for the World Epidemiological Congress. He is also a member of the International Epidemiological Association, the American Public Health Association and the Australian Population Association (and a past president of this association in New South Wales).
