Simon I. Hay

About

Simon I Hay, DPhil, DSc, FMedSci, is a Professor in the Department of Health Metrics Sciences in the School of Medicine at the University of Washington and Director of Research Strategy at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Prof. Hay obtained his doctorates from the University of Oxford where he remains a member of congregation. He has published >700 peer-reviewed and other publications with an h-index of >255 and was named a highly cited researcher by the Clarivate Web of Science Group from 2018 to 2025 inclusive. He was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) in 2012 and served as its 52nd President (2013-2015). Prof. Hay has received numerous awards, notably the Back Award of the Royal Geographical Society (2012) for research contributing to public health policy, and the Bailey K. Ashford Medal (2013) and the Chalmers Medal (2015) of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and the RSTMH respectively, for distinguished work in tropical medicine. He was elected to the fellowship of the UK Academy of Medical Sciences in 2015, and in 2019 he was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Employment

• Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Director of Research Strategy
  2020 - Present
• University of Washington Professor of Health Metrics Sciences
  2015 - Present
• Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Director, Local Burden of Disease
  2015 - 2020
• University of Oxford Professor of Epidemiology
  2015 - 2018
• University of Oxford Professor of Epidemiology
  2012 - 2015
• University of Oxford Reader of Epidemiology
  2008 - 2012
• University of Oxford Senior Research Fellow
  1999 - 2008
• University of Oxford Postdoctoral Research Officer
  1996 - 1999
• University of Oxford Postgraduate Research Assistant
  1993 - 1996

Education

• University of Oxford D.Sc.
  2014 - 2014
• University of Oxford D.Phil.
  1993 - 1996
• University of Bristol B.Sc. (Hons) in Zoology
  1989 - 1992

Projects & Funding

• Mapping of health facility locations and simulations of interventions to reduce child wasting Children's Investment Fund Foundation
  2021 - 2021
• Local and small area estimation platform and estimates of under-5 mortality, education, socio-demographic index, and selected NTDs Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  2021 - 2025
• Creating a local burden of disease health data API Rockefeller Foundation
  2020 - 2022
• Global Burden of Disease - Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) project The Fleming Fund
  2017 - 2021
• Mapping and monitoring the global burden of antimicrobial resistance/drug resistant infections Wellcome Trust
  2017 - 2021
• Mapping the global burden of antimicrobial resistance Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  2017 - 2021
• IHME Continuation of the Malaria Modeling Consortium Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  2016 - 2019
• Geospatial analyses of pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, undernutrition and selected eradicable neglected tropical diseases Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  2015 - 2020
• A platform for spatial disease risk assessment – Phase II Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  2015 - 2017
• Refining the spatio-temporal knowledge of Ebola outbreak risk across Africa Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
  2015 - 2016
• Predicting the geographic spread of Ebola virus disease in West Africa Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises (R2HC) Programme, managed by ELRHA
  2014 - 2015
• ROAD-MAP II: an enhanced Repository of Open Access Data of the Malaria Atlas Project Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  2014 - 2019
• The Malaria Modeling Consortium Secretariat Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  2014 - 2018
• Strategic planning tools for staging malaria elimination Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  2014 - 2019
• Defining the population at risk of Plasmodium knowlesi malaria to complete the human malaria baseline in Asia Wellcome Trust
  2014 - 2016
• Human mobility in the Indonesian archipelago and risk of malaria importation into the receptive malaria free-zones Wellcome Trust
  2013 - 2016
• Reducing the global burden of melioidosis Wellcome Trust
  2013 - 2018
• Vector Ecology and Control Network (VecNet) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  2012 - 2015
• Framework for Integrated Vector Control (FIVC) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  2012 - 2014
• Evaluating changing endemicity and clinical incidence of P. falciparum in high-endemic African countries 2000-2015 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  2012 - 2015
• Mapping the global diversity of infectious diseases and the potential for disease emergence University Of Oxford
  2012 - 2015
• Targeting malaria elimination interventions in China using spatial-temporal distribution analysis Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network
  2012 - 2013
• Geospatial decision support system for mosquito control programs Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
  2011 - 2015
• Defining the population at risk and burden of disease of Plasmodium vivax malaria. Wellcome Trust
  2011 - 2017
• IDAMS - International Research Consortium on Dengue Risk Assessment, Management and Surveillance European Commission
  2011 - 2017
• ROAD-MAP: a repository for open access data collected by the Malaria Atlas Project Wellcome Trust
  2010 - 2014
• Provide the evidence-base to analyse how Global Fund investment corresponds with the level of malaria endemicity according to Malaria Atlas Project Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
  2010 - 2011
• Vector Ecology and Control Network (VecNet) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  2010 - 2012
• The Malaria Atlas Project in the Asia Pacific Region (2010-2012) Li Ka Shing Foundation - University of Oxford Global Health Programme
  2010 - 2012
• Fine resolution settlement and human population mapping for sub-Saharan Africa Fondation Philippe Wiener - Maurice Anspach
  2009 - 2011
• Measuring changes in paediatric malaria hospitalization in Kenya, Uganda and Zambia 2000-2010 Wellcome Trust
  2009 - 2011
• Development of dengue risk maps for the European Union European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
  2009 - 2010
• Research contribution to support super-computation for malaria burden mapping on the Amazon EC2 facility Amazon Web Services Research Award
  2009 - 2009
• Mapping the global distribution of the main Anopheles vectors of human malaria. Wellcome Trust
  2008 - 2009
• Scoping the public engagement strategy of the Malaria Atlas Project Wellcome Trust
  2008 - 2008
• Creating a geo-referenced resource of inherited haemoglobin disorder gene frequencies Wellcome Trust
  2008 - 2011
• Translational research in malaria transmission and immunity in Kenya U.S. National Institutes of Health / Fogarty International Center
  2008 - 2013
• Spatially progressive malaria elimination Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  2008 - 2011
• Geography of the inherited haemoglobin disorders Fondation Philippe Wiener - Maurice Anspach
  2008 - 2008
• Geography of the inherited haemoglobin disorders Fondation Philippe Wiener - Maurice Anspach
  2007 - 2007
• Defining vulnerable populations using spatial models to support the equitable delivery of insecticide treated nets (ITN) in Kenya Wellcome Trust
  2007 - 2011
• Using Anopheles bionomics, distribution maps and GIS to optimize appropriate vector control in Kenya Wellcome Trust
  2007 - 2010
• Mapping Plasmodium vivax in fifteen countries in Southeast Asia Oxford University - Li Ka Shing Foundation Collaborative Research Programme grant
  2007 - 2008
• Environmental change and the epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Africa: 2005 - 2030. Wellcome Trust
  2006 - 2011
• Constructing contemporary global maps of Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax endemicity Wellcome Trust
  2005 - 2007
• Mapping human population distribution in relation to malaria risk. Wellcome Trust
  2002 - 2006
• Between epidemiology and the deep blue sea Wellcome Trust
  2002 - 2004
• New systems for predicting and detecting malaria epidemics in the East African highlands Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation through the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine – Gates Malaria
  2002 - 2006
• Developing malaria information management systems and high resolution population maps for Kenya National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA)
  2001 - 2008
• Developing a risk map of malaria transmission in the East and Horn of Africa Wellcome Trust
  2000 - 2004
• Forecasting malaria epidemics using remote sensing, population dynamics and geographic information systems Wellcome Trust
  1999 - 2002
• Global mapping of Plasmodium falciparum malaria seasonality Royal Society
  1999 - 2000
• Investigating the potential of Japanese Earth Resources Satellite (JERS) data mosquito-borne disease control British Council
  1998 - 2000
• A meta-analyses of annual Plasmodium falciparum entomological inoculation rates (EIR) in sub-Saharan Africa Sir Halley Stewart Trust
  1998 - 2000
• Integrated satellite and field data analysis of tsetse and trypanosomiasis research and control programmes Department for International Development
  1996 - 1999
• Identifying the constraints on livestock productivity and land-use in Africa imposed by trypanosomiasis Department for International Development
  1993 - 1996

Publications (913)

• Global, regional, and national burden of exposure to chewing tobacco, 1990-2023: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.
  Gabriela Gil, Jason A Anderson, Xiaochen Dai +97 more
  The Lancet. Global health 2027 0 citations DOI: 10.1016/j.langlo.2026.104043
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• The need for metabolic health stratification in global obesity forecasts - Authors' reply.
  Simon Iain Hay, Marie Ng, Emmanuela Gakidou +1 more
  Lancet (London, England) 2026 0 citations DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(25)02312-8
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• Assessing methodological differences in estimating exposure to intimate-partner violence against women in Brazil: a multi-source observational analysis
  Caroline Stein, Nádia Machado de Vasconcelos, Carolina V. N. Coll +9 more
  The Lancet Regional Health - Americas 2026 0 citations DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2026.101632
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• Public health has a mobilisation problem.
  Simon Iain Hay
  The Lancet. Public health 2026 0 citations DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(26)00205-7
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• Adolescent health across Asia Pacific, 2000-23: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.
  Karly I. Cini, Dorothea Dumuid, Iffat Abbsar +97 more
  The Lancet. Child & adolescent health 2026 2 citations DOI: 10.1016/s2352-4642(26)00163-x
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• Causes of death across the life course in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.
  Taishun Li, Periklis Charalampous, Stephanie C. C. van der Lubbe +97 more
  The Lancet. Public health 2026 2 citations DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(26)00159-3
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• The Lancet Commission on 21st century global threats to health.
  Christopher Murray, Natalia Kanem, Shameran Abed +60 more
  Lancet (London, England) 2026 5 citations DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(26)01714-9
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• Global and regional progress towards reduced burden of oral conditions between 2019 and 2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.
  Eduardo Bernabé, Wagner Segura Marcenes, Abdullah +97 more
  The Lancet. Public health 2026 2 citations DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(26)00143-x
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• Global, Regional, and National Burden of Heart Failure, 1990-2023: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.
  GBD 2023 Heart Failure Collaborators, Catherine O. Johnson, Madineh Abbasi +97 more
  JAMA cardiology 2026 1 citation DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2026.4068
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• Global, regional, and national burden of tetanus in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.
  Demelash Areda, Hyunjee Kim, Jiseung Kang +97 more
  EClinicalMedicine 2026 0 citations DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2026.104202
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• Global, regional, and national prevalence of second-hand smoke and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.
  Luísa Sório Flor, Jason A Anderson, Brooks W. Morgan +97 more
  The Lancet. Public health 2026 2 citations DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(26)00168-4
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• Measuring the composition and availability of human resources for health by sex in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2023, and workforce gaps for universal health coverage: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.
  Megan Knight, Kelly Bienhoff, A. Bhoomadevi +97 more
  The Lancet. Public health 2026 5 citations DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(26)00145-3
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• State-level burden of chronic respiratory diseases in the USA, 1990-2023, with forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.
  Jaeyu Park, Jiyeon Oh, Jaehyeong Cho +97 more
  The Lancet. Respiratory medicine 2026 0 citations DOI: 10.1016/s2213-2600(26)00218-3
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• Critical perspectives on GBD 2023 estimates - Authors' reply.
  Simon Iain Hay, Catherine Bisignano, Susan A. McLaughlin +1 more
  Lancet (London, England) 2026 0 citations DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00869-x
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• Global Burden of Elevated LDL-C: Findings From the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.
  GBD 2023 LDL Cholesterol Collaborators, Christian Razo, Nicole K. DeCleene +97 more
  JAMA 2026 8 citations DOI: 10.1001/jama.2026.8628
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• Global, Regional, and National Burden of Myocarditis and Its Impairment, 1990-2023.
  Sooji Lee, Hayeon Lee, Min Seo Kim +97 more
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2026 2 citations DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2026.07.039
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• Global, regional, and national burden of HIV/AIDS, 1990-2023, with the estimated burden attributable to intimate partner violence and forecasted impacts of funding cuts through 2030: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.
  Austin Carter, Meixin Zhang, Bricia Trejo +97 more
  The lancet. HIV 2026 2 citations DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3018(26)00147-5
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• Global, regional, and national trends in the morbidity gap and contributing diseases, injuries, and risk factors, 1990-2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.
  Simon Iain Hay, Paul Nam, Haaris Saqib +7 more
  The Lancet. Public health 2026 11 citations DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(26)00098-8
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• Maternal Engagement in HIV Care and Antiretroviral Therapy Uptake Among Children Living With HIV.
  Jiawei He, Bricia Trejo, Kemal Sherefa Oumer +7 more
  JAMA network open 2026 0 citations DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.30983
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• Global, regional, and national burden of road injuries 1990-2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.
  Stephanie C. C. van der Lubbe, Madeline E Moberg, Dominique Aluquin +97 more
  The Lancet. Public health 2026 10 citations DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(26)00141-6
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