Rate My Professor Marshall Makate

Dr. Marshall Makate is a Senior Lecturer and health economist in the Curtin School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, at Curtin University, where he also serves as Associate Director for Graduate Research, overseeing master's and PhD students. He holds a PhD in Economics. His research specializations include health economics, health workforce dynamics, population aging, applied econometrics, economic evaluation, development economics, health systems, and policy analysis. Makate's work addresses critical issues such as inequalities in health outcomes, the economic impacts of public health interventions, and the effects of education on socioeconomic factors like dietary diversity and energy poverty, particularly in developing contexts like Zimbabwe.

Makate's career at Curtin University includes prior roles as a Data Analytics Specialist in the School of Population Health from 2017 to 2020. He is a member of the Australian Health Economics Society. Key publications include 'Balancing the scales? Evaluating the impact of results-based financing on maternal health outcomes and related inequality of opportunity in Zimbabwe' (Social Science & Medicine, 2024), 'Turning the page on energy poverty? Quasi-experimental evidence on education and energy poverty in Zimbabwe' (Energy Economics, 2024), 'The long-term impact of education on dietary diversity among women in Zimbabwe' (Review of Development Economics, 2023), 'Tobacco Cost of Illness Studies: A Systematic Review' (Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 2020), and 'Crop diversification and livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe: determinants, current status and implications' (SpringerPlus, 2016). His research has garnered over 2,500 citations on Google Scholar. In 2024, he was recognized as one of the top two peer reviewers by Health Policy and Planning. Makate contributes to quantifying social costs of substance use in Australia, including cannabis and pharmaceutical opioids, and examines drought impacts on violence and health disparities.