Professor Grépin's research focuses on priority setting in health systems, institutional factors affecting the demand and supply of health services, and the politics and effectiveness of development assistance for health. She has a PhD in Health Policy (economics) from Harvard University and an SM in Health Policy and Management from the Harvard School of Public Health. Prior to joining Laurier, she was an Assistant Professor at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University. She is a visiting fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington. She is on the editorial boards of the following journals: Global Challenges: Global Health, Health Systems and Reform, and Global Health Governance.

The role of emerging health information systems for planning and evaluation purposes, the impact of health system shocks on the demand and supply of health services, new modalities for development assistance for health, and the evaluation of maternal and child health programs.

Funded Research

• AXA Research Fund Future of Health Systems Award (2016 to 2019).

I am actively recruiting new doctoral and postdoctoral students interested in health systems research in low and middle-income countries and I will also have additional research opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students.

Students interested in research assistantships should have a strong background in the analysis of survey data, statistical background, and/or data science.

• Grépin, KA. (2016) “Private Sector An Important But Not Dominant Provider of Key Health Services in Low and Middle Income Countries.” Health Affairs, 35 (7): 1214-1221.
• Greeson, D, Austin-Evelyn, K, Macwan’gi, M, Masvawure,T, Kruk, ME Grépin, KA. (2016) “Local adaptations to global health initiatives: prevalence and perception of fines imposed by traditional leaders for home births in Zambia.” Health Policy & Planning, in press.
• Morse, BS, Grépin, KA, Blair, R, and Tsai, L. (2016) “Patterns of demand for non-Ebola health services during and after the Ebola outbreak: panel survey evidence from Monrovia, Liberia.” BMJ: Global Health, 1(1).
• Kruk, ME, Vail, D, Austin-Evelyn, K, Atuyambe, Ly, Greeson, D, Grépin, KA, Kibira, S, Macwan’gi, M, Masvawure, M, Moonga, M, Neema, S, Rabkin, M, Sacks, M Simbaya, J, Zulu, R, and Galea, S. (2016) “Evaluation Of A Maternal Health Program In Uganda And Zambia Finds Mixed Results On Quality Of Care And Satisfaction.” Health Affairs, 35:510-519.
• Austin-Evelyn, K, Sacks, E, Greeson, D, Vail, D, and Atuyambe, L., Kruk, ME, Grépin, KA. (2016) “The promise of Mama Kits: perceptions of in-kind goods as incentives for facility deliveries in Uganda.” Global Public Health, in press.
• Grépin, KA, Bharadwaj, P. (2015) “Maternal Education and Child Mortality in Zimbabwe.” Journal of Health Economics, 44: 97-117.
• Sacks, E, Vail, D, Austin-Evelyn, K, Greeson, D, Atuyambe, L, Macwan’gi, M, Kruk, ME, Grépin, KA. (2015) “Factors influencing modes of transport and travel time for obstetric care: a mixed methods study in Zambia and Uganda”. Health Policy & Planning, in press.
• Grépin, KA. (2015) “International donations to the Ebola virus outbreak: too little, too late?” BMJ, 350: h376.
• Grépin, KA, Fan, VY, Shen, G, Chen, L. (2014) “China’s role as a global health donor in Africa: what can we learn from studying under reported resource flows?” Globalization & Health, 10:84.
• Kruk, ME, Rabkin, M, Grépin, KA, Austin-Evelyn, K, Greeson, D, Masvawure, T, Sacks, E, Vail, D, Galea, S. (2014) “Big Push’ To Reduce Maternal Mortality In Uganda And Zambia Enhanced Health Systems But Lacked A Sustainability Plan.” Health Affairs, 33(6): 1058-66.
• Grépin, KA, Dionne, KY. (2013) “Democratization and Universal Health Coverage: A comparison of the experiences of Ghana, Kenya, and Senegal.” Global Health Governance, Summer 2013.
• Grépin, KA. (2012) “HIV Donor Funding Has Both Boosted And Curbed The Delivery Of Different Non-HIV Health Services In Sub-Saharan Africa.” Health Affairs, 31(7): 1406-1414.
• Grépin, KA. (2012) “Efficiency considerations of donor fatigue, universal access to ARTs, and health systems.” BMJ-Sexually Transmitted Infections, 88: 75-78.
• Grépin, KA, Leach-Kemon, K, Schneider, M, Sridhar, D. (2012) “How to do (or not to do): track development assistance for health data.” Health Policy and Planning, 27(6): 527-534.

• WLU Press Release: Laurier professor examines role of private-sector health services in developing countries.
• Washington Post: The World Health Organization is electing a new leader. Here’s what you need to know.
• Al Jazeera: Funding delays may have contributed to Ebola's spread.
• The Huffington Post: Less Than Half Of The Money Pledged To Fight Ebola Reached Affected Countries Last Year.