Amit Summan

Amit Summan is a Postdoctoral Fellow based in Washington D.C., USA.

At the One Health Trust, Dr. Summan’s research primarily focuses on how low- and middle-income countries can improve child and maternal health outcomes through more efficient and equitable redistribution of public resources. Developing countries face a wide breadth of health challenges that are compounded by economic uncertainty and climate change. He has worked on a range of these topics and has published in the areas of child vaccination, fiscal policy taxation for health, cost of government health programs, the COVID-19 pandemic, and food safety.

Prior to joining OHT, Dr. Summan worked as a research consultant at the University of Guelph. He received his PhD from Wageningen University.

His research interests include health economics, child and maternal health, and fiscal policies for health.