Research and Tools

Our aim

SHINE is both a research program and a consulting service for the government and other agencies. The aim of SHINE is to provide robust evidence on the health, health inequality, and economic impacts of population interventions, sophisticated simulation modelling of population health interventions blending epidemiological, economic and data science approaches, and methods.

SHINE strives to be able to quantify the impact of (virtually) any intervention on health, health inequalities, health expenditure and income-earning potential of the population. Answering these questions is vital to forecasting the impact of a range of interventions and optimising policymaking for best value for money. We aim to answer questions like:

"when applied to the population, how much health gain will intervention X achieve compared to intervention Y? Over what time period? At what cost?"

Collaborate with us

How we do research

We both lead projects and collaborate with other researchers. Projects we lead include a range of tobacco control projects, healthy housing, dietary and body weight projects, and generic pandemic modelling. Underpinning these content areas is the necessary methodological research we pioneer to build ‘next generation’ population intervention simulation modelling.  Projects we collaborate on include Healthy Housing and Tobacco Endgame NHMRC funded Centres of Research Excellence.

Our publications

Do your PhD with us

The Population Interventions Unit and Scalable Health Intervention Evaluation program (SHINE) has opportunities for PhD students. Please note that securing a PhD position at the University of Melbourne requires a strong academic transcript and CV for domestic students (Australian and New Zealand citizens, or Australian Permanent Residents). International students require very strong academic transcripts. Any PhD student will need to be conducting a project that is highly aligned and integrated with SHINE and our current research program. Click the link below to learn more and apply.

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