Sina Kavuncu spent hours of his childhood in the hospital. He wasn’t ill! The little boy was making observations that would eventually lead him to the field of health economics.
“Both of my parents are physicians, so I had to spend a lot of time at hospitals waiting for them,” the MA graduand explained. “I would see all these inefficiencies and all these frustrated people. The more you see them, the more you understand that yes, health is important. It is important to have great professionals who know what they’re doing, but also, it is important to have an efficient system where you don’t have to wait ten hours just to have one of the most basic human needs of life met.”
Deeply affected by what he saw, Sina has already dedicated six years to studies inspired by his childhood experiences. On June 5th, Sina and the rest of his cohort will visit Convocation Hall to formally receive their master’s in economics degrees. While the undergraduate programs in economics feature very large classes, with students centred at their colleges for social opportunities, graduate programs focus on the Department of Economics. [Read more…]
