Prof. dr. Hasbullah Thabrany, MPH, Dr.PH
Hasbullah Thabrany is a seasoned health economics professor and former Dean of the School of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, the largest and the best university in Indonesia with 50,000 students. He had a Medical Degree from Universitas Indonesia, a MPH and DrPH degrees from the University of California at Berkeley, USA. He had been working with a World Class Research Corporation (RAND Corporation) in Santa Monica, USA from 1992-1995.
His working experience with RAND Corporation, with more than 1,200 Researchers holding PhD in various disciplines and conducting research and development in more than 50 countries, had given him a unique capability on designing, managing, and analyzing data for policy decisions. After returning to Indonesia in 1995, he served as Director of Finance and Administration of the Graduate School at Universitas Indonesia. He was Secretary General of the Indonesian Medical Association (1997-2000). Realizing that there had been severe shortage of professionals in health insurance and social security, he established PAMJAKI (Association of Health Insurance Professionals of Indonesia) in 1998.
Then he was the chairman of PAMJAKI until October 2010. Now, he is serving as the Chair of Examination Board of Health Insurance Education under PAMJAKI. He had been one of the few key persons in reforming health care and social security in Indonesia. He was a member of the Task Force for Social Security Reform, established by the President Megawati. During 2004-2008 he served as the Dean of the School of Public Health Universitas Indonesia. He was the President of SEAPHEIN (South East Asia Public Health Education Institutes Network) serving 14 countries and 54 institutions in Asia from 2008-2010. In addition to teaching he has been serving as a consultant in the field of health financing, health insurance, tobacco economics, and resources persons for various national and international events. He assisted the Government of Aceh to establish universal health coverage implemented since 2010. From 2012 to 2014 he chaired the ACTION study on cancer for Indonesia. He has published five books, on health system reform, health financing, and the National Health Insurance (JKN) of Indonesia.
He had eddited three books in tobacco control. Hasbullah had also published papers at national and international journals. Currently he teaches health insurance, health financing, social security, and advance health policy. In 2015, he was a member of WHO Working Groups on Financing for Non-Communicable Diseases. He has been consultants for the Indonesian Government for the Universal Health Coverage and Health Technology Assessment. He is now the Chairman of the Center for Social Security at the Universitas Indonesia and the senior consultant of the National Social Security Council (DJSN).