Dr Michael E. Otim is a Ugandan Australian health economist who has worked (Teaching, Research and Community Engagement) for many years in Uganda, Australia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He holds a Bachelor of Economics with Honours degree from Makerere University in Kampala (Uganda), a Master of Economics (Hons) from Monash University Australia and a PhD in Public Health specializing in Health Economics from the University of Melbourne in Australia. His research focus in the use of evidence in resource allocation in Public Health, and on Health Economics and Policy, especially priority setting in healthcare, the application of economic principles in decision-making, and costing of complex health interventions/programs. He has led several projects, including economic evaluation component of large clinical trials, economic evaluation of Singapore national Tobacco Control program, and the assessment of the costs of respiratory infections with cough and asthma among adolescents. He has been working in Academia and Government Health Sector for more than 20 years. He has been a teaching and research academic at the Universities of Melbourne; Deakin; Sydney; Australian Catholic University (ACU), and the University of Sharjah. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor and Acting Head of Department of Public Health and Behavioural, Science in Dubai Medical University in the UAE.