Cicely Thomas

About Cicely Thomas

Dynamic international leader committed to systems change and ensuring access to quality healthcare for all. Health economist with over 15 years of policy, research, and managerial experience working in lower- and middle- income countries. Worked extensively with country change agents at all levels of government, the private sector, and the community in and across West Africa, East Africa and South and South East Asia. Persuasive negotiator committed to getting the job done by steering parties towards a mutually agreed upon solution. Thoughtful and patient mentor with ability to relate to and work with people from a variety of backgrounds. As a health financing lead at the GFF, Cicely oversees the overall health financing strategy and work program focused on supporting countries to increase both the volume and efficiency of domestic public resources for health with the ultimate goal of ensuring equitable access to quality RMNCAH-N services. Previously Cicely was a program director at R4D where she led a portfolio of work focused on the integration of private sector and innovations in government stewarded mixed health systems in support of universal health coverage. She also provided process facilitation and technical assistance in health financing and health service delivery organization in countries undertaking challenging health reforms. This work included supporting national health Insurance agencies in becoming more strategic purchasers, building capacity of district health managers, and supporting health benefit package design and costing. At Mathematica Policy Research Cicely focused on developing learning and evaluation design plans for projects including; analyzing and providing technical assistance to innovative models for health care delivery; and developing and testing quality of care indicators. At the London School of Economics, she conducted research for the Personal Social Services Research Unit on early childhood education and behavior outcomes for the U.K. Department of Health.Cicely holds an MA in art history and geography from the University of St. Andrews and an MSc in health, population, and society focused on health financing from the London School of Economics. She speaks English and French.

Experience

1. Senior Health Economist

   The World Bank Group

   Jun 2023 — Present · Washington, DC, US

Education

• Aix-Marseille University

  Diplome du Niveau IV, French

  2002 — 2003

• The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

  MSc. Health, Population, and Society, International Health Policy, Public Health, Demography

  2007 — 2008

• University of St Andrews

  M.A., Art History & Geography

  2001 — 2006

• The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

  Business Bridge Programme Certificate

  2006 — 2006

Skills

• Focus Groups
• Research Design
• Data Analysis
• Data Collection
• Proposal Writing
• Report Writing
• Policy Analysis
• Program Evaluation
• Analysis
• Technical Assistance
• Government
• Health Economics
• Reproductive Health
• Survey Research
• Qualitative Research
• Survey Design
• Research
• Policy
• Quantitative Research
• Health Policy
• Statistics
• Capacity Building
• Public Health