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Postgraduate Workshop: It’s all about the NOMICs, economics: Dollars and health: Setting the stage, and how does health economics influence everyday practice?

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TSANZ Full Day Workshops
Friday, March 21, 2025
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Riverbank 1

Speaker

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Assoc Prof Barbara de Graaff
Assoc Prof
University of Tasmania

Introduction

10:00 AM - 10:05 AM

Biography

Associate Professor Barbara de Graaff is a health economist at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania. Her work spans a range of chronic disease areas, including interstitial lung diseases, Parkinson's and liver diseases. Her expertise lies in using large administrative datasets to conduct health economic evaluations and epidemiological research.
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Assoc Prof Rachel Milte
Researcher
Flinders University

What is health economics?

10:05 AM - 10:25 AM

Biography

A/Prof Milte is current ARC Industry Fellow focusing on the measurement of Quality of Life in Aged Care. Prior to this, she has extensive experience in undertaking economic evaluations alongside clinical and pragmatic trials and has been awarded over $10 million in research funds at Chief Investigator.
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Assoc Prof Barbara de Graaff
Assoc Prof
University of Tasmania

Applications of health economics

10:25 AM - 10:50 AM

Biography

Associate Professor Barbara de Graaff is a health economist at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania. Her work spans a range of chronic disease areas, including interstitial lung diseases, Parkinson's and liver diseases. Her expertise lies in using large administrative datasets to conduct health economic evaluations and epidemiological research.
Geoff Callaghan
AIHW

AIHW burden of disease

10:50 AM - 11:10 AM

Biography

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Dr Christine Mpundu-Kaambwa
Senior Research Fellow
University of Melbourne

Health economic evaluation in the context of decision making

11:10 AM - 11:30 AM

Biography

Christine is a Senior Research Fellow in Melbourne Health Economics at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne. Her research focuses on economic evaluations, health measurement, patient-reported outcomes, and consumer preferences in healthcare. Christine has held roles at Flinders University, University of Adelaide, University of Birmingham, and the World Bank. She has published in high-impact journals and is a member of the International Health Economics Association and the Australian Health Economics Society.
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Assoc Prof Barbara de Graaff
Assoc Prof
University of Tasmania

Chairperson

Biography

Associate Professor Barbara de Graaff is a health economist at the Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania. Her work spans a range of chronic disease areas, including interstitial lung diseases, Parkinson's and liver diseases. Her expertise lies in using large administrative datasets to conduct health economic evaluations and epidemiological research.
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