David McCoy

David McCoy

Research Lead

Education
Doctorate, Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Education
MPhil, Maternal and Child health, University of Cape Town
Education
B.Med, Southampton University
Institute
UNU-IIGH
Contacts
mccoy@unu.edu @dcmccoy11 LinkedIn

David McCoy is a public health specialist and professor of global public health who works in the fields of health systems policy and development; global health governance and international health policy; and the political and economic determinants of health.   Much of his recent research has consisted of multidisciplinary and multi-sectoral case studies. 

He qualified as a medical doctor from Southampton University and spent six years as a clinician in the UK and South Africa, before entering a career in public health. He spent a further seven years in South Africa with the University of Cape Town and the Health Systems Trust where he supported the post-apartheid transformation of South Africa’s health care system. On returning to the UK, he has worked in civil society and the non-government sector (Peoples Health Movement, Aidspan and Medact), in academia (University College London and Queen Mary University London) and in the public sector (the NHS). 

Research Interests

  • Health

  • Health policy

  • Health services

  • Health systems