Centre announcements
Catch up on the latest centre highlights, including awards, achievements and more.
- A/Profs Terence Cheng and Rohan Sweeney (with Prof Chris Bain from FIT and counterparts in FIT and Fiji) have won the 2026 Interfaculty Grant Scheme: Assess Telemedicine Demand and Readiness in Pacific Island Countries.
- Three ECA Research support grants have also been awarded to Dr Abby Zhang, A/Prof Peter Ghijben, and Dr Adam Dzulkipli.
- Adam Dzulkipli received the Mollie Holman Award for best PhD thesis.
- PhD student Jack Hennessy won the Monash Business School Heat of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition, while fellow PhD student Gyeore Cha was awarded runner-up.
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- CHE celebrated the career of Emeritus Professor Anthony Harris during its recent Evolution of Health Technology Assessment workshop.
- CHE welcomes new research fellows Dr Neo Winn, Dr Francis Graham and Chellan Kumarasamy.
- We also welcome two new PhD students, Xuzhong (Paul) Wang and Xiuhan (Heidi) Liu.
- The 15th Australasian Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics, which provides a forum for the development and dissemination of applications of econometrics and other quantitative approaches in health economics, is currently being held in Port Stephens, NSW.
- Patient-Centred Evaluation of medical devices (PACE) – a project led by CHE's A/Prof Duncan Mortimer in collabroation with the Consumers Health Forum of Australia – has received $1.947 million in federal government funding to design health technology assessment processes with patient and community representatives.
- Dr Adam Irving has received a $450,000 grant from Cancer Research Fellowships Victoria for his EpiMAP Lymphoma project to create a create a powerful forecasting system to predict lymphoma trends and treatment outcomes across Australia.
Congratulations to our PhD Students on their completion:
- Karinna Saxby; Health inequalities in marginalised groups (2023)
- Michele Escobar; Essays on the economic and health effects of environmental shocks (2023)
- Nicolau Martin Bassols; Empirical essays on health economics of ageing (2023)
- Thao Thi Hong Thai; Australian pharmacy workforce preferences and satisfaction (2021)
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- CHE’s groundbreaking health research and industry engagement is exemplified in our newly-launched Disability Wellbeing Index.
- 15th Australasian Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics: We are co-hosting this exciting international workshop, which is calling for papers.
- Inaugural policy symposium in Canberra: We held this exciting new event on 2 September. We hope to now run the symposium annually.
- Congratulations to CHE’s recent cohort of impressive PhD graduates, Adrianna Bella and Mohammad Hossein Hadi.
- PhD student Frances Graham won the best paper prize at the recent Australian Health Economics Doctoral Workshop.
- This year's International Visiting Fellowship has been awarded to Dr Anna Wilding of the University of Manchester.
Our academic staff have helped win over $2.4 million from four Australian Research Council Discovery Grants.
Of our nine EOI submissions, all four that were asked to submit full applications were successful – an amazing and unprecedented success rate for CHE.
Project details
Quantifying the Economic Causes and Costs of Family and Domestic Violence.
Project Team: Professor David Johnston; Dr Karinna Saxby; Dr Rachel Knott; Dr Sean Cowlishaw
This project aims to investigate the economic determinants and impacts of family and domestic violence (FDV) using advanced econometric methods and large longitudinal administrative datasets. It expects to generate new knowledge on how employment, income, and financial security influence FDV, and the effects of FDV on women’s employment, earnings, and health, and children’s health and development. Expected outcomes include a health economics model to quantify the economic burden of FDV and to evaluate prevention and support programs. By addressing gaps in the economics literature, this research should provide significant benefits, such as informing targeted interventions to reduce FDV and mitigate its economic and social harms.
Mental healthcare pricing and socioeconomic inequities in access to care.
Project Team: Associate Professor Nicole Black; Professor Carol Propper; Associate Professor Terence Cheng; Dr Danusha Jayawardana
Improving the affordability of and access to mental healthcare is a crucial issue. This project aims to understand the drivers of patient fees for mental health services and their impact on socioeconomic inequities in access to care. It will use econometric methods and population-wide administrative records on the supply of mental health workers and mental healthcare services delivered over time. The expected outcomes of this project include new evidence on how the market structure and behaviour of mental health professionals impact prices and access to mental healthcare. This will provide significant benefits, such as supporting policies that improve the affordability of mental healthcare for those most in need.Understanding health care labour markets to improve population health.
Project Team: Professor Anthony Scott; Professor Giuseppe Moscelli; Professor Daniel AvdicThe health workforce is essential for the routine operations of healthcare systems, the adoption of innovations, and sustainability during crises. However, the uneven distribution of health professionals leads to shortages, surpluses, patient harm, and burnout among health professionals. This research uses new longitudinal data on all Australian doctors and nurses to study the effects of policy changes and labour market shocks on recruitment, retention, workforce participation, health outcomes, and the well-being of health professionals. By combining labour economics and micro-econometrics with policy insights, this project aims to generate new evidence for more innovative health workforce planning.
Firm closures and layoffs: The impact on Australian families.
Project Team: Associate Professor Sonja de New; Professor Dennis Petrie; Professor Dr John de New
This project aims to provide new insights into the relationship between economic conditions, firm operations and performance as well as the economic, social and emotional outcomes of the families affected by economic uncertainty. The project expects to identify and quantify the impacts of economic uncertainty and job loss on health, healthcare use, welfare uptake, re-training, employment trajectories, plus outcomes for spouses and children, in addition to impacts on family dissolution. This evidence will guide policies to identify at-risk firms, propose countermeasures to negative impacts and ensure government spending is directed in a timely manner to those most in need, so that families and communities remain resilient to economic shocks.
Congratulations to our PhD Students on their completion:
- Karinna Saxby; Health inequalities in marginalised groups (2023)
- Michele Escobar; Essays on the economic and health effects of environmental shocks (2023)
- Nicolau Martin Bassols; Empirical essays on health economics of ageing (2023)
- Thao Thi Hong Thai; Australian pharmacy workforce preferences and satisfaction (2021)
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- First policy symposium in Canberra: Our inaugural symposium, on improving equity and value in the health and care economy, is now open to registrations.
- Our new PhD program: We're excited to announce our newly-structured doctoral program.
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Congratulations to our PhD Students on their completion:
- Karinna Saxby; Health inequalities in marginalised groups (2023)
- Michele Escobar; Essays on the economic and health effects of environmental shocks (2023)
- Nicolau Martin Bassols; Empirical essays on health economics of ageing (2023)
- Thao Thi Hong Thai; Australian pharmacy workforce preferences and satisfaction (2021)
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- Our workshop in Malaysia: In July, we host our Australasian Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics.
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Congratulations to our PhD Students on their completion:
- Karinna Saxby; Health inequalities in marginalised groups (2023)
- Michele Escobar; Essays on the economic and health effects of environmental shocks (2023)
- Nicolau Martin Bassols; Empirical essays on health economics of ageing (2023)
- Thao Thi Hong Thai; Australian pharmacy workforce preferences and satisfaction (2021)
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- Prof Dennis Petrie has been awarded $3m over five years for a new NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Disability. Through the Achieving Health Equity for All People with Disabilities (CRE-AHEAD) project, led by Prof Petrie, the new centre will conduct research and build research capacity to drive evidence-based solutions that break down barriers and create lasting opportunities, ensuring health equity for all people with disabilities.
- Planning Day 2024: CHE recently had a great couple of days planning for 2025 and beyond!
- PHD completions: Congratulations to CHE’s recent cohort of impressive PhD graduates, Andrew Ireland, Muhammad Fikru Riza, Jessica Arnup, Bernice Hua Ma and Giovanni Empel, who have already secured excellent positions.
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Congratulations to our PhD Students on their completion:
- Karinna Saxby; Health inequalities in marginalised groups (2023)
- Michele Escobar; Essays on the economic and health effects of environmental shocks (2023)
- Nicolau Martin Bassols; Empirical essays on health economics of ageing (2023)
- Thao Thi Hong Thai; Australian pharmacy workforce preferences and satisfaction (2021)
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- Learn more about Unintended Impacts of Policy for Adaptive Policy Management, a new ARC Linkage Project.
- Dr Maame Esi Woode and Dr Udeni De Silva Perera led an interdisciplinary team to win a Monash University Boost Incubator Grant. Udeni & Maame will be working with Altaf Virani (Monash University, Indonesia), Nafis Alam (Monash University Malaysia) & Ben Coghlan (Asian Development Bank (ADB) on researching the fiscal space for health: gaps and opportunities in the South/Southeast Asian region.
- Prof David Johnston received Monash Business School’s 2023 Dean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Research in recognition of the quality of his supervision of PhD students. Resources Manager Juliet Sagar was awarded a Dean's Commendation for Outstanding Performance by Professional Staff.
- PhD candidate Vinh Vo won the inaugural 2023 Monash Business School’s PhD Research Impact Showcase (Poster Competition) for his poster on the Australian public’s preferences for the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare.
- Dr Maame Esi Woode has been selected for the very competitive Research Talent Accelerator program and will be part of the 2024 cohort. Program participants will gain skills fundamental to research leadership and learn how to lead interdisciplinary teams to create a significant impact on the world. Maame will be investigating healthcare finance for vulnerable populations, emphasising the impact of health within households on labour exploitation and children's time use in developing countries.
Congratulations to our PhD Students on their completion:
- Karinna Saxby; Health inequalities in marginalised groups (2023)
- Michele Escobar; Essays on the economic and health effects of environmental shocks (2023)
- Nicolau Martin Bassols; Empirical essays on health economics of ageing (2023)
- Thao Thi Hong Thai; Australian pharmacy workforce preferences and satisfaction (2021)
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- Learn more about our recent project, Economic causes and consequences of child maltreatment, which expects to generate new knowledge by applying microeconometric methods to large Australian administrative databases.
- PhD candidate Jack McLaughlin who won the 2023 PhD Grand Challenges Interdisciplinary Mobility Scheme from Monash Prato Campus.
- PhD candidate Mohammad Hossein Hadi received the Monash Business School Enhanced International Research Experience Award. Hadi will visit Lund University to lead a collaboration on two research projects related to the economics of alcohol consumption. This project will provide Hadi with a much valued opportunity to explore new areas relevant to his PhD thesis on the 'Economics of Risky Health Behaviours and Harm Reduction'.
- PhD candidate Adrianna Bella won the Monash Business School Three Minute Thesis (3MT) People’s Choice Award for her presentation on the consequences of child marriage.
Congratulations to our PhD Students on their completion:
- Karinna Saxby; Health inequalities in marginalised groups (2023)
- Michele Escobar; Essays on the economic and health effects of environmental shocks (2023)
- Nicolau Martin Bassols; Empirical essays on health economics of ageing (2023)
- Thao Thi Hong Thai; Australian pharmacy workforce preferences and satisfaction (2021)
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- Past and current staff, associates and alumni gathered in June for our 30th anniversary celebrations.
- Our recent projects and grants include developing a Preference-based Wellbeing Index, Mental Health Modelling and the VALUE-lg study.
- PhD candidate Mohammad Hossein Hadi received the Monash Business School Enhanced International Research Experience Award. Hadi will visit Lund University to lead a collaboration on two research projects related to the economics of alcohol consumption. This project will provide Hadi with a much valued opportunity to explore new areas relevant to his PhD thesis on the 'Economics of Risky Health Behaviours and Harm Reduction'.
- PhD candidate Adrianna Bella won the Monash Business School Three Minute Thesis (3MT) People’s Choice Award for her presentation on the consequences of child marriage.
Congratulations to our PhD Students on their completion:
- Karinna Saxby; Health inequalities in marginalised groups (2023)
- Michele Escobar; Essays on the economic and health effects of environmental shocks (2023)
- Nicolau Martin Bassols; Empirical essays on health economics of ageing (2023)
- Thao Thi Hong Thai; Australian pharmacy workforce preferences and satisfaction (2021)
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CHE has recently secured several major grant applications, including:
- Further funding to conduct the second stage of the NDIS - Wellbeing Index project , which aims to develop and validate a preference-based wellbeing index that can estimate the benefits for people with disabilities.
- With expenditure on immunoglobulin in Australia having increased significantly in recent years, as part of the MRFF-funded VALUE-Ig project , we will synthesise the latest evidence to guide practice towards more cost-effective immunoglobulin treatment decisions in the most common clinical settings.
- Dr Laura Fanning won an Advancing Women’s Research Success Grant.
- Prof Dennis Petrie and his team - A/Prof Sonja de New, A/Prof Nicole Black, Prof Anthony Harris and Dr Johannes Kunz - received the 2022 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Research Engagement and Impact.
Congratulations to our PhD Students on their completion:
- Karinna Saxby; Health inequalities in marginalised groups (2023)
- Michele Escobar; Essays on the economic and health effects of environmental shocks (2023)
- Nicolau Martin Bassols; Empirical essays on health economics of ageing (2023)
- Thao Thi Hong Thai; Australian pharmacy workforce preferences and satisfaction (2021)
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- Maame Esi Woode received the Faculty’s Advancing Women's Success Grant for 2022.
- A/Prof Rohan Sweeney received Monash Business School Dean's Award for Excellence in Research for his work on improving health outcomes in disadvantaged populations
- Our PhD candidate Michelle Escobar Carias won the Faculty of Business and Economics heat of the Three-Minute-Thesis competition for her research on the economic and health effects of environmental shocks. Michelle now progresses to the Monash University round, then potentially national and international competitions.
- Prof Anthony Harris received the Australian Clinical Trials Alliance Industry Partnership Award 2022 - for research Comparing Video-Based, Telehealth-Delivered Exercise and Weight Loss Programs With Online Education on Outcomes of Knee Osteoarthritis, co-authored by Bennell, K. L., Lawford, B. J., Keating, C., Brown, C., Kasza, J. Mackenzie, D., Metcalf, B., Kimp, A. J., Egerton, T., Spiers, L., Proietto, J., Sumithran, P., Harris, A., Quicke, J. G. & Hinman, R. S., Feb 2022, Annals of Internal Medicine. 175, 2, p. 198-209
Congratulations to our PhD Students on their completion:
- Karinna Saxby; Health inequalities in marginalised groups (2023)
- Michele Escobar; Essays on the economic and health effects of environmental shocks (2023)
- Nicolau Martin Bassols; Empirical essays on health economics of ageing (2023)
- Thao Thi Hong Thai; Australian pharmacy workforce preferences and satisfaction (2021)
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