Miqdad is a health economist with extensive experience in both academic and policy making settings. His research interests include health inequalities, climate change, and health financing with a particular focus on the health systems in India and the UK. He currently holds a fellowship from The Health Foundation to investigate the contribution of austerity policies to racial and socioeconomic health inequalities. He employs methods from health econometrics, social epidemiology, micro-simulation modelling, and cost-effectiveness analysis in his research.
Prior to working at LSE, Miqdad has worked with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in India, the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York and the Department of Health in the UK. He has also consulted widely for a range of governments and international organisations and serves on advisory groups for government bodies, non-governmental organisations and academic research projects.
A full list of Miqdad's publications can be found .
Teaching
Autumn Term:
HP437 Health Equity, Climate Change and the Common Good
Winter Term:
HP423 Advanced Health Economics
Miqdad is the Programme Director for the MSc in Health Data Science
Miqdad received in 2025