Maksym Obrizan is an Associate Professor at Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) which he joined in 2010 as an Assistant Professor after getting his PhD in Economics from the University of Iowa (USA). Over his career he published 22 papers in refereed journals listed in SCOPUS with more than 600 citations and an h-index of 10. His research interests include economics of transition, applied health economics and macroeconomics. In particular, he published in WHO Bulletin, World Development, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Journal of Comparative Economics among others. Maksym Obrizan is the editor of RePEc New Economic Papers in Transition economics and a regular reviewer of academic papers for international outlets. He writes blog articles for VoX Ukraine and regularly participates in international conferences.

He also has 20 years of teaching experience at undergraduate and graduate levels in USA, Ukraine, Georgia and Germany as well as in short-term trainings for business audiences. In recognition of his teaching performance, Maksym Obrizan twice received KSE Best Professor Award based on student evaluations in the MA Program in Economic Analysis.

As a consultant, Maksym Obrizan has contributed to a number of projects from the World Bank, USAID, the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, EBRD and the Economist Intelligence Unit both in Ukraine and internationally. Most recently, he has been a Secretariat Researcher at the WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All.