Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference 2025

Two of our team members, Lizzy Liu and Mackenzie Bourke, recently  attended the Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) Conference in Canberra.

They presented in an organised session on the value of population-wide genomic risk assessment for risk-based cancer screening, drawing on evidence from discrete choice experiments and linked health economic simulation models, alongside A/Prof Julia Steinberg from the Daffodil Centre.

Julia Steinberg and Lizzy Liu co-chaired the session. Julia presented three DCEs on using genomics for population-wide risk stratification of adults (through polygenic risk scores) and subsequent risk-based screening. Lizzy presented on using DCEs to explore risk preferences for population genomics breast cancer risk screening and subsequent prevention protocols. Mac presented on how incorporating individual-level rather than population-level preferences into simulation modelling affects the structure, assumptions and outcomes of cost-effectiveness models.

It was a great opportunity to showcase the extensive research on population genomic risk screening to the broader Australian health economics network.