About us

Established within Monash University’s School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine in 2022, and led by Professor Cathy Mihalopoulos, we’re rapidly becoming one of the largest teams of health economists in Australia, with international recognition of our work. We apply our skills to build economic sustainability into services addressing some of the biggest existing and emerging health challenges: mental health, ageing and dementia, acute and critical care, health services research, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, and sexual health. We are also growing our research into the economics of cancer and other large burden health areas.

We work closely with subject matter experts across Monash University, other universities, and government and non-government organisations. At any one time, we’re working on approximately 60 funded projects.

We’re also home to a vibrant teaching program ranging from undergraduate through to PhD study.

Our expertise and partnerships

We lead our own suite of projects, but we’re always open to partnering with others to include an economic component to their research, and evaluate health services or specific interventions.

Our expertise encompasses the design and implementation of trial-based economic evaluations, through to economic modelling and priority setting. Our methodological research, including a focus on how to measure the “value” in value for money analyses, is informed by best practice and innovative solutions.

Our research capabilities encompass the following:

  • Economic evaluation within clinical trials or community-based trials and studies
  • Cohort to microsimulation economic modelling
  • Systematic reviews and critical literature appraisals
  • Large scale priority setting projects
  • Cost of illness and disease burden studies
  • Cost and outcome measurement methodological research
  • Discrete Choice Experiments
  • Health services/program evaluation
  • Health preference research
  • Infectious disease modelling

We lead health economics in the Monash University Clinical Trials Centre.

Highlights Report

Highlights Report 2023 and 2024

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Group Leader

Professor Cathy Mihalopoulos

Group Leader and Mental Health Program Co-Lead

Senior Researchers