Alec Morton

Dr Alec Morton is an Associate Professor (Practice) in the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health at the National University of Singapore (NUS), where he also serves as Director of the Centre for Population Health Risk Informatics and Simulation Modelling (PHRISM). He holds a joint appointment at Duke-NUS Medical School and an associate appointment at the Singapore University of Social Sciences. He is also Professor of Management Science at the University of Strathclyde in the UK, and has held academic positions at the London School of Economics. Dr Morton's work lies at the intersection of decision science and health economics, with a particular focus on improving priority setting in health systems. His research spans health technology assessment (HTA), multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA), structured expert elicitation, cost-effectiveness analysis, and simulation modelling. These tools are applied to a wide range of policy domains, including precision medicine, antimicrobial resistance, mental health, and public health preparedness. He has worked closely with national health authorities and international agencies such as the World Health Organization, the Global Fund, and the Center for Global Development. His research engages with applied and policy-relevant questions in collaboration with national and international partners. He has worked with Thailand's Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program (HITAP) on frameworks to evaluate HTA agencies, and with the Center for Global Development on models for aid allocation and strategic planning for global health investments. He was also a co-author of the World Health Organization's report What Counts in Economic Evaluation, which has contributed to the organisation's evolving approach to investment cases and funding prioritisation. He previously led a responsive modelling facility for the UK Department of Health, focusing on modelling to support health protection in areas such as antimicrobial resistance and infectious disease control, and conducted research on the government's subscription-style funding model for novel antimicrobials. These projects reflect his broader interest in how decision science can inform health system design and support accountable and transparent resource allocation. A committed educator and mentor, Dr Morton is the founding director of the MSc in Health Economics and Outcomes Research (MScHEOR) at NUS. He is dedicated to developing health economics capacity across the Asia-Pacific region and regularly collaborates with partners in both high-income and low- and middle-income countries. He is a member of the International Health Economics Association and the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research.