2nd Edition of Public Health World Conference (PHWC) 2026

Biography

Mustafa Z. Younis is an internationally recognized scholar & tenured professor at Jackson State University, Mississippi, USA.

Dr. Younis served as a member of the Executive Committee of the International Society for Research in Healthcare Financial Management. Dr. Younis has authored and published over 100 articles, 150 abstracts, and presentations in refereed journals and meetings, as well as at universities in America, Europe, and Asia. He has presented his work at national and international conferences. Dr. Younis’ co-authored articles appeared in leading journals such as “Nature”, “The Lancet”, and “JAMA”, Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and European Journal of Health Economics.

Dr. Younis has administrative experience as Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at Florida International University (FL, USA), where he led the accreditation efforts for the Healthcare Management Program.

Dr. Younis held a visiting professor positions at various universities such as Tsinghua University, China, University Putra Malaysia, and Jena University, Germany.

Dr. Younis has a history of playing visible roles on the editorial boards of several journals, such as Editor-in-Chief, Guest Editor, and Editorial board member of leading journals, such as JHCF, Inquiry, JHHSA, JPBAFM, and EJEPH.

Dr. Younis is a frequent speaker for both academic and professional audiences. His talks often feature his latest research and work in progress, as well as cross-industry trends and strategy implications. He has provided workshops and presentations for worldwide organizations. His research and findings apply to for-profit, non-profit, and government settings.

Dr. Younis has consulted with several organizations on healthcare finance and economics. Dr. Younis is often invited to speak about the challenges in the healthcare industry and other related topics to health economics, finance, and research. He has presented topics, such as healthcare reform, ownership structure, profitability, unit cost, payment system, and management efficiency, at various forums and conferences in the USA, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

Abstract

This 3-day comprehensive workshop on Healthcare Management focuses on the economics and financial aspect of health care. The workshop includes: financial management, cost benefit analysis, and cost effectiveness. The workshop will discuss the American Health Care system; it will compare public and private hospitals and the trend in conversion and changes in hospital ownership from public/not-for-profit to for-profit ownership (privatization). Hospital payment systems and differences between economic and accounting profit will be discussed. The workshop will provide health care managers and health policy makers with in-depth practical knowledge of the foundations and recent trends in health economics and finance issue related to improving the health care delivery in their respective organizations. An empirical research study published by the workshop presenter will be discussed.