Professor Martin Ayanore is a Senior University Academic and Administrator with the University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana. He holds the position of Associate Professor of Health Economics and Policy with the Fred N. Binka School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences. He is the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies in his University, have previously served as Head of Graduate Studies and Acting Dean of the Graduate School. He has served on various portfolios and capacities as a university academic over the past decade and has conducted extensive research across multiple domains in the health and allied sciences.

He is a seasoned Health Economist with specialized skill trainings in health economic evaluation, health equity analysis and health systems research. Among other strong competencies of his include health financing, health purchasing strategies, social health insurance reforms and designing health systems to address inequity and inequalities in maternal and child health.

Professor Ayanore is highly cited and ranked top among scientist in his institution (7^th best ranked), Ghana (17^th best ranked) and Africa (672^nd ranked) in the field of medical and health sciences, health policy and economics based on the 2026 AD Scientific Index ranking for scientist globally. He is a member of several continental and global groupings, including the African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA) and AFREhealth, American Society of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (ASHTM), the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH), UK, and a member of the WHO Health Financing Technical Network (HFTN Main Community) among many others.

He has held previous positions as a visiting professor at Queen’s University, Canada; a two-time fellow at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; and a visiting research scientist at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dublin. He is a recipient of several Travel awards as an academic and presented many scholarly works around the world.

His ongoing research work funded from Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) as PI titled: ENCOMPAS designed, developed, and deployed a digital technology key intermediaries within the health system, as well as digital technology including AI, to improve the early detection of pregnancy, improve the timing and utilisation of prenatal services, as well as improve referral processes and reduce referral costs. The approach leveraging on community network systems aims to harness the power of digital technology and AI to connect women and community health workers, and clinics through a single digital platform, and improve continuum of care along pregnancy when successful.

He is the co-founder of the Center for Health Policy Advocacy Innovation and Research in Africa (CHPAIR-Africa), a think tank envisioned to significantly contribute to the improvement of quality health care and the overall wellbeing of Africans through innovative, economic and health centred research that will inform policy decisions and programs in the health sector across Africa.