The Value in Health Economics and Policy group have a variety of projects underway, many funded and some in development. For more information and to express your interest in being involved in these projects please see the contact information below.
The VheP COVID-19 Vaccine Preferences Project
HDR Student Support Allocation Funding, School of Medicine and Public Health (University of Newcastle), $5000
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Improving the Well-Being of Patients with Acute Decompensated Heart Failure: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Mental Health & Heart Disease Strategic Grant, The Heart Foundation, $964,531
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The Australian Workplace Index
Research Support Package, University of Newcastle, $210,000
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Global Alliance for Chronic Disease (GACD) project: community informed intervention to increase cervical screening in Eswaniti
NHMRC, $1,200,000
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Facilitators and barriers to the use of telehealth in HNEHealth: developing an evidence-based model of telehealth implementation in mental health and drug and alcohol services.
HMRI, $119,769
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Telehealth Evidence Synthesis
HMRI, $100,351
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Investigating the effects of COVID-19 policy on population and society
Contact:
francesco.paolucci@newcastle.edu.aumarcello.antonini@uon.edu.au
Digital Mental Health recovery from COVID-19
NSW Health, $459,046
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Private health insurance economics and actuarial studies for Lifetime Health Cover and risk equalisation
Partnership with Finity Consulting
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Using a national level multi-registry analysis to determine whether prescribed anti-platelet therapies post-stroke can modify the risk of cognitive decline or dementia
NHMRC Ideas Grant, $455,571
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A practice change intervention to increase the routine provision of care addressing gestational weight gain: a stepped-wedge trial
NHMRC Partnership Grant, $734,163
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Child Dental Benefit Policies and the Health of Australian Children
ARC, $250,000
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Articulating Value in Housing Cooperatives
ARC Linkage, $594,268
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Regional youth in precarious times: Work, wellbeing and debt
Faculty of Education and Arts (University of Newcastle), $70,000
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Health Technology Assessment, Research Support and Other Services Panel
Department of Health, $178,383
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Research Funding for Treatment of alcohol dependence with an mTOR inhibitor (TAMI) Study
Hunter New England Local Health District, $28,554
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Pandemic Tourism Perceptions
Faculty of Business and Law (University of Newcastle), $13,000
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The PRETEND Trial: A mixed methods study evaluating Preferences, feasibility, and costs of performing sham surgery Trials involving major surgical procedures
NHMRC, $18,182
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The Effects of Newborn Hearing Screening and Early Intervention on Academic Outcomes in Children with Hearing Loss
NUW Alliance, $65,367
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Comparative Analysis of Supply Chain Agility for Disaster Response
Faculty of Business and Law (University of Newcastle), $18,885
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University of Bologna and University of Newcastle. Comparative health systems analysis of chronic disease management programs
Faculty of Business & Law (University of Newcastle)
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Aston University and University of Newcastle. Social Health Insurance and Tax-Financed Health Systems comparison in OECD countries
Faculty of Business & Law (University of Newcastle), $20,000
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Gender Equality in the Medical Technology Industry
Medical Technology Association of Australia, $18,182
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nib Hospital Rate Inflation Project
NIB Health Funds Limited, $18,182
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Economic Development, Health and Nutrition for Sustainable Development
Australia Africa Universities Network, $10,000
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Cross-cultural country comparison of health policy, implementation and effectiveness: The United Kingdom versus Australia
Faculty of Business and LawUniversity of Newcastle,$40,000
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Repurposing of carbamazepine for treatment of skeletal dysplasia
European Commission, European Union, $9,245,924
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ORTHOUNION: Cell based clinical research for bone regeneration
European Commission, European Union, $9,000,000
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Patients First: the Continuous Improvement in Care - Cancer (The CIC Cancer Project)
Cancer Research Trust, $3,500,000
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A Systematic Review of Humanitarian Logistics Models for Medical and Healthcare products in Humanitarian Emergencies in Africa
Brown University, $3,816
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Provision of external evaluation of Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) and health technology related submissions
Department of Health, $6,342,029
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