Business Skills - Conferences & Public Speaking - Health economics

Dr Thomas Longden is a senior researcher at Western Sydney University\\\\\\\'s Urban Transformations Research Centre (UTRC).

Bonny is a Associate Professor at the Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy (MUCHE). Bonny’s expertise is in pharmaceutical policy in Australia, and economic evaluations of healthcare interventions and technologies. Dr Parkinson leads a team of researchers conducting evaluations of submissions to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) and researching economic evaluation methodology. Bonny has excellent skills in presenting complex economic research in ways that captivates an audience’s attention and is understandable. She teaches health economics as of the Masters of Public Health and regularly teaches short courses on economic evaluation.

Andrew Partington is a Research Fellow at the Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy (MUCHE). In addition to this, he is also a Research Fellow with the Flinders University College of Medicine and Public Health; and is an Honorary Research Fellow with the Centre of Resilience and Implementation Science at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation.

Patricia brings extensive policy and advocacy experience particularly in the areas of retirement incomes, superannuation, taxation and housing policies. She has a track record in developing new ventures, successful partnerships and as investment consultant to institutional investors and government. She previously held strategic roles at the Future Fund, Mercer, CBA, Australian Treasury, and ASX.

I am a health economist interested in the various costs of cancer. My research aims to use health services research and health economics to improve cancer care by providing relevant, reliable information for decision making.

Marian is an Associate Professor at The University of Sydney, an IZA Research Fellow, an ARC Life Course Centre Researcher in Human Capital, and a Charles Perkins Centre Affiliate.\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nMarian graduated from her PhD at Boston University in 2011 and moved to the University of New South Wales between 2010-2015 before joining the University to the Sydney. \\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nHer research focuses on education, human capital, health, and discrimination and has been published in leading international journals in economics and health (PNAS). Marian\\\\\\\'s down to earth divulgation style has led her to obtain a range of teaching awards and recognitions.\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nMarian has given a myriad of national and international radio interviews and her research has been featured in TV shows such as Sunrise Weekend and ABC News. She is also a regular collaborator of educational-related news on SBS Radio in Spanish.