Craig Mitton is an Assistant Professor in Health Studies at the University of British Colubmia-Okanagan and is a Research Scientist at the Child and Family Research Institute of BC.

He holds a Michael Smith Foundation for Health research scholar Award and a Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Health Care Priority Setting. The focus of his research is in the application of health economics to impact real-world priority setting in health organizations.

He has published a book entitled the ‘Priority setting toolkit: a guide to the use of economics in health care decision making’ (BMJ Books, 2004). Dr. Mitton has delivered 45 invited talks across Europe, Australasia and North America and is the author of 70 peer reviewed publications.

He regularly consults for health care organizations and governments across Canada and abroad.