Study with us
We offer a range of Health Economics study options to suit the diverse needs of students from a range of disciplines.
Our teaching excellence
We teach health economics content directly into the Masters programs offered by the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, providing a solid foundation in theory and application to healthcare financing and resource allocation. Our teachings provide a global perspective as we compare health systems around the world, and explore health and social justice through health inequality and inefficiency issues.
Our lecturers are some of Australia’s leading health economics experts, dedicated to enhancing your opportunities for academic and professional success. With their support, you’ll develop analytical and quantitative skills in analysing and evaluating health interventions, technologies, policies, and health system development and organisation. These skills and experience, in turn, can assist students to improve the performance of the healthcare systems, ensuring the limited resources we have for health and healthcare bring the greatest possible impact.
We currently teach two health economics Masters units. These units provide an introduction to health economics, and the concepts, methods and applications of economic evaluation in the healthcare sector.
To find out more, contact heg@monash.edu
PhD opportunities
Our vibrant Health Economics PhD program offers a wide range of research areas, allowing you to pursue your individual interests or academic and professional development. You’ll have opportunities to work with a world-class group of health economic researchers who are committed to providing high-quality research training and career development. Our student support also includes monthly PhD group mentoring and active participation in our seminar/training series and conferences and workshops.
We welcome you to approach us if you would like to discuss the possibility of joining our team for your PhD. Here are some specific PhD projects available with our team:
- Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of models of care for trans youth and children (Top-up scholarship available) – Professor Cathy Mihalopoulos
- Economic evaluation of e-health in mental health – Dr Long Le
- Economics of workplace mental health (Possible top-up scholarship) – Dr Jemimah Ride
- Stated preference methods for health economic research (Possible top-up scholarship) – Dr Jemimah Ride & Dr Thao Thai
- Research relating to economic evaluation, particularly in the area of mental health, in which our team of experts can offer supervision on a range of topics – Prof Cathy Mihalopoulos, Dr Mary Lou Chatterton, Dr Long Le, Dr Yong Yi Lee
- Commercial determinants of mental health and suicide – Dr Long Le
- Examining Consumer and Stakeholder Preferences for Interventions Targeting Loneliness and Social Isolation – Dr Lidia Engel
Our students
The diverse possibilities available by studying with us is reflected in the projects being undertaken by our PhD cohort:
| CURRENT PhD STUDENTS | |
|---|---|
| Jan Faller | Incorporating carer outcomes in health economic evaluation using the EQ-5D |
| Shay Farbotko | Valuing the economic benefits of timely dementia diagnosis |
| Matthew Hamilton | An open source computational model of systems shaping the mental health of young people |
| Rui Jin | Building supportive working environments for nurses in Australia |
| Dai (Vincent) Le | The economic costs of child sexual abuse and the cost-effectiveness of the current school-based prevention program |
| Phuong Le | Assessing cost-effectiveness of sleep interventions in treatment of depression within the Australian context |
| Hien Nguyen | Maximising equity and efficiency through behavioural changes in transport: policy-oriented economic evaluation of population interventions |
| Tan Nguyen | Assessing cost-effectiveness on oral health prevention interventions |
| COMPLETED PhD STUDENTS | |
| Yared Belay | Economic evaluation of treatment strategies for depression in Ethiopia |
| AFFILIATED PhD STUDENTS | |
| Lane Carrandi | Advancing healthcare through the development of an Economic Implementation Toolkit |
| Sheraya De Silva | A comparison of quality of life instruments following ICU |
| Vicki Papanikolaou | Economic evaluation of healthcare resource utilisation pre- and post-ECMO in Australia |
| Warittha Tieosapjaroen | Ending HIV transmission among at-risk populations |
| Ying Zhang | Use of novel diagnostics for the control of HIV and other sexually transmitted infection |