Miguel Sanjoaquin is a health economist and epidemiologist with over 10 years of experience managing public health projects in Africa and Asia. He has a PhD in Epidemiology from Oxford University and currently works as a health economist at the World Bank in Cambodia. Some of his responsibilities include managing analytical projects, supervising consultants and data collection, conducting impact evaluations, and advising government policy. He has broad experience designing studies, analyzing data, and using results to inform health programs and policy.

1. MIGUEL A. SANJOAQUIN
Health Economist & Epidemiologist
Mobile: (+34) 654 854 996 E-mail: miguel.sanjoaquin@wolfson-oxford.com
Health Economist at the World Bank with doctorate in Epidemiology. Over 10 years of
progressively increasing responsibility working in public health, based in Africa and Asia.
Experience managing large and complex projects, supervising staff, as well as experience
interacting with donor agencies, development partners and government at the highest level.
Demonstrated experience developing study design and methodology, monitoring and
evaluation frameworks, assisting with implementation, analysis and write-up to inform policy.
Planning and supervision of impact evaluation studies and clinical trials, as well as
implementation projects. Econometric/quantitative expertise, with exposure to qualitative
methods, and ability to analyse and interpret complex data. Experience in capacity building
activities, mentoring and teaching both university students and staff. Solid communication and
negotiation skills. Fluent in English and Spanish, basic level of French.
EDUCATION
Postgraduate Diploma Economics & Development 2011
London School of Economics (DL) London, UK
D.Phil. (Ph.D.) Epidemiology 2005
University of Oxford (Wolfson College) Oxford, UK
M.Sc. Epidemiology 2002
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine London, UK
M.Sc. Tropical Parasitology 2001
University of Valencia Valencia, Spain
B.Sc. Biology 2000
University of Valencia Valencia, Spain
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
HEALTH ECONOMIST | THE WORLD BANK Cambodia, 2013 - present
Leader of the programmatic analytical and advisory activities (PAAA), coordinator of field data
collection, supervisor of hired firms and independent consultants, advisor in the project
implementation (health financing and health system strengthening) and government policy
dialogue.
• Direct coordination and field supervision of 5 local firms involved in nation-wide data
collection activities.
• Direct supervision of a team of over 10 international consultants.
• Conceptualization and development of monitoring and evaluation frameworks for 3
impact evaluation studies on: (i) Health Equity Funds to increase access to health care
by the poor; (ii) performance-based financing to improve quality of care; (iii) cash

2. transfer program to reduce malnutrition.
• Data analysis and report writing of 2 studies: (i) Health Markets in Cambodia; and (ii)
Quality of Care in Cambodia. The results from these studies have had a major impact
shifting quality of care to the top of the current policy agenda.
• Policy dialogue on health reforms at the Minister level (MEF) in the post-elections
context. Conversations successfully leveraged an increase in the health budget, further
investments in quality of care, and the promotion of Health Equity Funds.
• Advisor to the Cambodia Nutrition Working Group.
• Health chapter of Cambodia Poverty Assessment 2014.
• Cross-sectorial support to Myanmar: data analysis and report writing of health poverty
report; advice on various analytical activities.
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SENIOR HEALTH SPECIALIST|MALARIA CONSORTIUM Cambodia, 2012
Coordinator of the National Malaria Indicator Survey (MIS) 2012, involving study design,
tools development and field supervision. Advisor to the National Malaria Control Program.
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HEAD OF PUBLIC HEALTH|LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE
Malawi, 2007-2012
Program coordinator of public health at the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust, project
coordinator for a number of large field studies and head of the disease surveillance system.
• Coordinator of the HIV-TB-Malaria implementation research program. Development
of study design, sampling and M&E frameworks for a wide rage of studies.
• Project coordinator of multiple impact evaluation studies and clinical trials, mainly for
malaria prevention. Direct supervisor of a team of over 50 staff, including doctors,
nurses, enumerators and data manager. Data analysis and reporting to donors.
• Conceptualizer, project coordinator and staff supervisor of the Surveillance Program
of In-Patients and Epidemiology (SPINE), an innovative electronic system that
monitors incidence of HIV, TB, malaria and other major diseases and data is used for
research and M&E purposes by MoH and partners.
• Senior Lecturer at the LSTM and the College of Medicine (CoM), Malawi.
• Capacity building activities within the CoM and supervisor of 3 Ph.D. students.
• Member of the steering committee for the Malaria Capacity Development
Consortium.
• Technical malaria advisor to the M&E working group at MoH and the National
Malaria Control Program.
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PUBLIC HEALTH SPECIALIST | UNICEF (consultant, seconded from LSTM)
South Africa, 2011-2012
Design of tools and sampling methodology for a rapid assessment of the prevention and
treatment policies of HIV/TB/Malaria.
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3. EPIDEMIOLOGIST | UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD UK & Africa, 2006-2007
Coordination of the epidemiological data collection of MalariaGEN, an international
consortium involving 15 countries and over 30 partners in Africa and Asia. Data analysis and
reporting to donors and stakeholders.
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EPIDEMIOLOGIST|MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL Gambia, 2005-2006
Field coordinator of a large cluster-randomized controlled clinical trial to reduce malaria
transmission using larvicides along the river Gambia. Direct supervisor of a team of 70
sprayers, 20 enumerators, 15 nurses, 5 medical doctors and other support staff. Study design,
development of M&E frameworks and statistical analysis. Liaison with ministry officials and
reporting to donors and key stakeholders.
SHORT COURSES, AWARDS & MEMBERSHIPS
Elements of econometrics, London School of Economics 2012
Advanced Course in Monitoring and Evaluation, INTRAC, Oxford 2011
Clinical Trials, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 2004
Elected member of the General Purposes Committee, Wolfson College, Oxford 2004
Geographical Information Systems, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine 2002
Rotary Club First Prize, ‘Renewable energies: slowing down global warming’ 2000
SELECTED REPORTS & PUBLICATIONS
Impact evaluation study of the Cambodia Cash Transfer Program for Maternal and
Child Health & Nutrition. The World Bank, 2016.
Health Equity Funds in Cambodia: An Impact Evaluation Study. The World Bank,
2015.
Quality of Health Care in Cambodia: Are Patients in Good Hands? The World Bank,
2015.
Health Markets in Cambodia. The World Bank, 2014.
Cambodia Poverty Assessment. The World Bank, 2014.
Understanding Interpretations of and Responses to Childhood Fever in the
Chikhwawa District of Malawi. PLoS One 2015.
Jun 18;10(6):e0125439
Surveillance Programme of IN-patients and Epidemiology (SPINE): electronic
clinical data collection for over 7,000 adults admitted to a large teaching hospital in
Malawi. PLoS Medicine 2013 Mar;10(3):e1001400
The household and hospital economic cost of re-admission in Malawi. Tropical Medicine
and International Health (submitted)
Seasonal and geographic differences in treatment-seeking and household cost of
febrile illness among children in Malawi. Malaria Journal. 2011 Feb 8;10(1):32.
Lack of decline in childhood malaria, Malawi, 2001-2010. Emerg Infect Dis.

4. 2012 Feb;18(2):272-8.
Comparative field performance and adherence to test results of four
malaria rapid diagnostic tests among febrile patients more than five years
of age in Blantyre, Malawi. Malaria Journal 2010, 9:209
Malaria and vitamin A deficiency in African children: a vicious circle? Malaria Journal.
2009; 17(8):134
Genome-wide and fine-resolution association analysis of malaria in West Africa.
Nature Genetics. 2009 Jun;41(6):657-65
The Malaria Genomic Epidemiology Network. A global network for investigating the
genomic epidemiology of malaria. Nature 2008; 456: 732-8
Folate intake and colorectal cancer risk: a meta-analytical approach. Int J Cancer
2005; 113(5):825-8
Meat, fish, and colorectal cancer risk: the European Prospective Investigation into
cancer and nutrition. J Natl Cancer Inst 2005;97(12):906-16.
Nutrition, lifestyle and colorectal cancer incidence: a prospective investigation of
10998 vegetarians and non-vegetarians in the United Kingdom. Br J Cancer 2004;90:118-12
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
LANGUAGES
English & Spanish – Bilingual
French & Italian – Basic
Catalonian – Advanced
Chichewa and Khmer – Basic commands
IT
Advanced use of STATA, basic use of SPSS, Microsoft Excel and Word
REFERENCES
Laura Rose, Senior Health Economist, The World Bank, laura@goodbyemalaria.com
Guillermo Marquez-Villamediana, Senior HIV Advisor, Unicef, gmarquez@unicef.org
Malcolm Molyneux, Professor, LSTM, mmolyneux999@gmail.com