Centre for Health Economics
The Centre for Health Economics is one of the largest independent groups of health economists in Australia. They are recognised as one of the leading centres in health economics research and education, both in Australia and internationally. Some of their past collaborations include working with the World Health Organisation (WHO), Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and Harvard and Stanford Universities. The centre has made significant contributions to public policy and health services including working with the Pharmaceutical Benefits and Medical Services Advisory Committees.
 | Professor Dennis Petrie is a Professor in the Centre for Health Economics, Monash University. He has published extensively on the economics of illicit drugs and alcohol, disability, cancer, the longitudinal measurement and evaluation of health inequalities and has lead a large number of economic evaluations of healthcare interventions including alongside RCTs. Prof Petrie currently collaborates with MARC researchers on projects such as |
 | A/Prof Nicole Black is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business School. A/Prof Black's broad research interests are in health economics and labour economics, with particular interests in the economics of child health and cognitive development; the economics of mental health; and, inequalities in health and access to health care. |
 | A/Prof Sonja de New (née Kassenboehmer) is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Health Economics at Monash Business School. Her research focuses on mental health economics and policy evaluation with a particular focus on the mental health of disadvantaged populations. Her research projects investigate the impact of insecure work and financial stress on decision-making, skills, productivity and life outcomes. She is also working on several projects related to risky behaviours, in particular, the role of economic disadvantage and the evaluation of various policy changes to reduce risky behaviours. A/Prof de New currently collaborates with MARC members on projects such as |
 | Dr Laura Fanning is a Senior Research Fellow within the Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business School and the Transfusion Research Unit, Monash University. Dr Fanning conducts research into the comparative effectiveness, safety and cost-effectiveness of pharmaceuticals and blood products, seeks to understand patient preferences for healthcare treatments or services and evaluates the clinical- and cost-effectiveness of pharmaceutical submissions to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC). Her methodological expertise includes economic evaluation alongside clinical trials, causal inference using healthcare administrative data and discrete (stated) choice experiments. |
 | Professor David Johnston is a Professor in the Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business School, Monash University. His broad research interests are in health economics, labour economics, and applied microeconometrics; but he has a particular interest in the economics of mental health and wellbeing, resilience, and the impacts of people's environment. |
 | Dr Samia Badji is a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business School. Dr Badji's research aims at identifying the best policy practice to improve outcomes, in particular health outcomes of the most disadvantaged and vulnerable populations in Australia and low income countries. She uses quantitative data to estimate causal effects often drawing on very large and complex linked data. |