Fields of Research

Health economics
Epidemiology
Health services and systems
Public health
Neurology and neuromuscular diseases
Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases)
Respiratory diseases
Health systems
Endocrinology
Health policy
Health care administration
Rheumatology and arthritis
Preventative health care
Health and community services
Health promotion
Primary health care
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander public health and wellbeing
Aged care nursing
Health informatics and information systems
Exercise physiology
Paediatrics
Haematological tumours
Disease surveillance
Nursing
People with disability
Health psychology
Environmental epidemiology
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and disability
Epidemiological modelling
Social epidemiology
Community and primary care
Physiotherapy
Digital health
Climate change processes
Psychological methodology, design and analysis
Labour economics

Research Objectives

Evaluation of health outcomes
Public health (excl. specific population health)
Evaluation of health and support services
Health policy evaluation
Clinical health
Health system performance (incl. effectiveness of programs)
Health education and promotion
Other economic framework
Health status (incl. wellbeing)
Allied health therapies (excl. mental health services)
Efficacy of medications
Overweight and obesity
Preventive medicine
Disease distribution and transmission (incl. surveillance and response)
Diagnosis of human diseases and conditions
Determinants of health
Carbon and emissions trading
Health surveillance
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
Inpatient hospital care
Provision of health and support services
Health protection and disaster response
Specific population health (excl. Indigenous health)
Treatment of human diseases and conditions
Primary care
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health system performance
Nursing
Behaviour and health
Midwifery
Information services
Health inequalities

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

A comprehensive systematic review of data linkage publications on diabetes in Australia; Frontiers in Public Health
A comprehensive systematic review of data linkage publications on diabetes in Australia
A comprehensive systematic review of data linkage publications on diabetes in Australia; Frontiers in Public Health
A head-to-head comparison of the EQ-5D-5L and AQoL-8D multi-attribute utility instruments in patients who have previously undergone bariatric surgery; The Patient
A qualitative investigation of the health economic impacts of bariatric surgery for obesity and implications for improved practice in health economics; Health Economics
Absolute risk assessment for guiding cardiovascular risk management in a chest pain clinic; Medical Journal of Australia
An absolute risk-guided approach to cardiovascular risk management within a chest pain clinic: the ARCPAC randomized trial; ESC Congress 2020
An exploratory study of long-term publicly waitlisted bariatric surgery patients’ quality of life before and 1 year after bariatric surgery, and considerations for healthcare planners; PharmacoEconomics Open
An exploratory study regarding communication facilitators and barriers reported by a cohort of multiple sclerosis (MS) community members from the international massive open online course ‘Understanding MS’; Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
An exploratory study: a head-to-head comparison of the EQ5D-5L and AQoL-8D for long-term publicly waitlisted bariatric surgery patients before and 3 months after bariatric surgery; PharmacoEconomics - Open
Assessing health-related quality-of-life in Australian Multiple Sclerosis Longitudinal Study participants using six multi-attribute utility instruments: implications for healthcare decision-making
Assessment of health-related quality of life in Australian patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a comparison of the EQ-5D-5L and the AQoL-8D; Quality of life research
Association between knee symptoms, change in knee symptoms over 6-9 years, and SF-6D health state utility among middle-aged Australians; Quality of Life Research
Association between knee symptoms, change in knee symptoms over 6–9 years, and SF-6D health state utility among middle-aged Australians
Association between MS-related knowledge, health literacy, self-efficacy, resilience, and quality of life in a large cohort of MS community members: A cross-sectional study; Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
Bariatric surgery is a cost-saving treatment for obesity – a comprehensive meta-analysis and updated systematic review of health economic evaluations of bariatric surgery; Obesity Reviews
Change in multiple sclerosis prevalence over time in Australia 2010-2017 utilising disease modifying therapy prescription data; Multiple Sclerosis Journal
Comment on: Bariatric surgery is expensive but improves co-morbidity: 5-year assessment of patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes; British Journal of Surgery
Costs of major complications in people with and without diabetes in Tasmania, Australia; European association for the study of diabetes (EASD) 58th
Costs of major complications in people with and without diabetes in Tasmania, Australia; Australian Health Review
Diverse approaches to the health economic evaluation of bariatric surgery: a comprehensive systematic review; Obesity Reviews
EPH31 Risk of hospital admission or emergency department presentation due to diabetes complications: A retrospective cohort study in Tasmania, Australia; ISPOR Europe 2022
Equitable patient access to primary healthcare in Australia
Evaluating course completion, appropriateness and burden in the Understanding Multiple Sclerosis massive open online course: a cohort study; Journal of Medical Internet Research
Evaluation of the association between health state utilities and obesity in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from World Health Organization Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health Wave 2; Value in Health
Feelings of depression, pain and walking difficulties have the largest impact on the quality of life of people with multiple sclerosis, irrespective of clinical phenotype; Multiple Sclerosis Journal
Health care, overconsumption and uneconomic growth: a conceptual framework; Social Science and Medicine
Health Economic Impact of Multiple Sclerosis in Australia in 2017: An analysis of MS Research Australia’s platform – the Australian MS Longitudinal Study (AMSLS)
Health Economic Impact of Multiple Sclerosis in Australia in 2021: An Interim Update of Prevalence, Costs and Cost of Illness from 2017 to 2021
Health state utilities for economic evaluation of bariatric surgery: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis; Obesity Reviews
Healthcare resource utilisation and predictors for critical care unit admissions after primary bariatric surgery in an Australian public hospital setting: an exploratory study using a mixed-methods approach; Australian Health Review
Healthcare resource utilisation and predictors for critical care unit admissions after primary bariatric surgery in an Australian public hospital setting: an exploratory study using a mixed-methods approach; Australian Health Review
Higher diet quality is associated with short and long-term benefits on SF-6D health state utilities: a 5-year cohort study in an international sample of people with multiple sclerosis; Quality of Life Research
Hospitalisation costs of primary liver cancer in Australia: evidence from a data-linkage study; Australian Health Review
Incremental healthcare expenditure attributable to diabetes mellitus: A cost of illness study in Tasmania, Australia; Diabetic Medicine
Incremental healthcare expenditure attributable to diabetes mellitus: a cost of illness study in Tasmania, Australia; Diabetic Medicine
Investigating health-related quality of life impacts for participants of the Australian MS Longitudinal Study using the new EQ-5D-5L Psychosocial instrument
Knowledge translation in the international MS community: an evaluation of the Understanding Multiple Sclerosis free online course
Lead Support Coordinator Service (LSCS) Evaluation Report
Long COVID-19: threats, opportunities for health care system; InSight
Long-term inpatient hospital utilisation and costs (2007-2008 to 2015-2016) for publicly waitlisted bariatric surgery patients in an Australian public hospital system based on Australia's activity-based funding model; PharmacoEconomics - Open
Managing the long term health consequences of COVID-19 in Australia
Managing the long term health consequences of COVID-19 in Australia
Maternal choices and preferences for screening strategies of gestational diabetes mellitus: an exploratory study using discrete choice experiment; Frontiers in Public Health
Measuring the health-related quality of life in Australians with Multiple Sclerosis using the Assessment of Quality of Life-8-Dimension (AQoL-8D) multi-attribute utility instrument; Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
Mental health crises in rural and remote Australia: an assessment of direct medical costs of air medical retrievals and the implications for the societal burden; Air Medical Journal
Mortality and survival in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis; ERJ Open Research
MS Nurse Care in Australia: Patterns of access and impact on health outcomes
MS Nurse Care in Australia: patterns of access and impact on health outcomes
P43 The economic burden of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Australia; ISPOR 2022 Conference
P50 Comparison of the EQ-5D-5L and Aqol-8D in a cohort of people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Australia; ISPOR 2022 Conference
P55 Creating a web-based interactive map visualising the geographic variations of the burden of Diabetes to inform policymaking: an example from Tasmania, Australia; ISPOR Europe 2022
PCP4 A qualitative investigation of information asymmetry for obesity surgery: Diversity of patient experiences in the information age and demand-induced supply; Value in Health
Poor sleep and multiple sclerosis: associations with symptoms of multiple sclerosis and quality of life; Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
Population norms for quality adjusted life years for the United States of America, China, the United Kingdom and Australia; Health Economics
Prevalence of myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) in Australian primary care patients: only part of the story?; BMC Public Health
Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of minimal important differences for generic multiattribute utility instruments; BMJ Open
Proxy Measures for Quality of Life in Cancer; Handbook of Quality of Life in Cancer
PSY15 A unique opportunity to assess quality-of-life changes in long-term waitlisted bariatric surgery patients using the EQ-5D-5L and AQOL-8D multi-attribute utility instruments before and three months after bariatric surgery: an exploratory study; Value in Health
PSY33 A Cost-Outcome Study: A real-world investigation of long-term inpatient hospital utilisation and costs for a retrospective cohort of bariatric surgery patients in an Australian public hospital system based on Australia's activity based funding model; Value in Health
Psychological impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on individuals living with multiple sclerosis: A rapid systematic review; Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
Quality of life improves more for people who receive proactive absolute
Resource utilization and disaggregated cost analysis of bariatric surgery in the Australian public healthcare system; The European Journal of Health Economics
Resource utilization and disaggregated cost analysis of bariatric surgery in the Australian public healthcare system
Review of publicly-funded bariatric surgery policy in Australia - lessons for more comprehensive policy making; Obesity Surgery
Self-directed multimedia process for delivering participant informed consent; BMJ Open
Self-reported behaviour change among multiple sclerosis community members and interested laypeople following participation in a free online course about multiple sclerosis; Health Promotion Journal of Australia
Session Chair: Australian Health Care System; 40th Annual Australian Health Economics Society Conference
SF-6D health state utilities for lifestyle, sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of a large international cohort of people with multiple sclerosis; Quality of Life Research
T3:S22:06 Patient valued outcomes following bariatric surgery: Does current outcome reporting adequately capture patient priorities?; Obesity Reviews
The cost of delivering an Accredited Exercise Physiologist led activity trackerbased intervention; Research to Practice 2021
The economic burden of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Australia: a cost of illness study; The European Journal of Health Economics
The effect of national disease-modifying therapy subsidy policy on long-term disability outcomes in people with multiple sclerosis; Multiple Sclerosis
The Health Economics of Obesity and Bariatric Surgery
The impact of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis on health state utility values: evidence from Australia; Quality of Life Research
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns on the health-related quality of life of people living with multiple sclerosis in Australia
The increasing economic burden of multiple sclerosis by disability severity in Australia in 2017: results from updated and detailed data on types of costs; Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
The need for an improved evidence base to inform the health care decision-making process; JAMA Surgery
The relative contribution of co-morbidities to health-related quality of life of people with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis using the Assessment of Quality of Life-8-Dimension multi-attribute utility instrument; Quality of Life Research
Using qualitative free-text data to investigate the lived experience of the COVID-19 pandemic for a large cohort of Australians with different multiple sclerosis related disability levels; Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
Using the EQ-5D-5L to investigate quality-of-life impacts of disease-modifying therapy policies for people with multiple sclerosis (MS) in New Zealand; The European Journal of Health Economics
Validation of the EQ-5D-5L and psychosocial bolt-ons in a large cohort of people living with multiple sclerosis in Australia; Quality of Life Research

Research Projects

A new model of shared care across Geriatric Medicine and General Surgery for older Tasmanians.; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
ANCHOR Project: heAlth ecoNomics and epidemiology of myalgiC encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome; Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Mindfulness Group Intervention for Tasmanian Women Living with Persistent Pelvic Pain.; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
Economic impact of MS: creating independent standards for health economic evaluation of MS interventions aimed to prevent MS or halt disease severity; Multiple Sclerosis Australia (MSA)
Eliminating hepatitis B in remote Indigenous settings: generating health economic evidence; National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Evaluating the factors influencing National Disability Insurance Scheme participation and its impact among Australians with MS; Multiple Sclerosis Australia (MSA)
Evaluation of the Tasmanian Elective Surgery Panel Project; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
NAFLD- screen (Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: prevalence and screening for type 2 diabetes patients) ; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
Patient and carer experiences with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma and myelodysplastic syndrome; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
The health economic impacts of residential fires on the Tasmanian public healthcare system 2010 to 2020 using a mixed-methods approach; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
The Royal Hobart Hospital's innovative Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic (RACPC): A health economic evaluation of patient, RHH and community benefits; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
Understanding the economic burden of climate-related extreme events: A framework to support future planning and decision making in the health care sector; Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPAC)
Using data linkage to estimate the burden of diabetes in Tasmania; Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation (RHHRF)
Lead Support Coordinator Service (LSCS) Evaluation
Prevalence and economic cost of multiple sclerosis in Australia 2022
Prevalence, incidence, risk profiles, and health impacts of residential fires in Tasmania 2010-2020

Research Candidate Supervision