Professor Felix Masiye is dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zambia and an Affiliate Assistant Professor at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. Professor Masiye has extensive knowledge of health systems in sub-Saharan Africa. He has over 15 years experience working closely with the Ministry of Health, the National Malaria Control Program, and other government departments. He sits on technical committees in health care financing and monitoring and evaluation at the Ministry of Health in Zambia. He has published a number of papers in health financing, health program evaluation (economics of malaria and HIV), and health system performance assessment.

Professor Masiye was principal investigator of a major evaluation of Zambia’s malaria control program from 2009 to 2014, led by IHME. This study assessed the malaria control intervention coverage, and estimated the contribution of malaria control and other health interventions to reductions in childhood mortality in Zambia. Professor Masiye earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics at the University of Zambia. He also earned a Master of Science in Economics and Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from the University of Cape Town. He completed his postdoctoral research at the Harvard Global Health Institute from 2006 until 2008.