Natasha Prakash

About

Name: Natasha Prakash
Email: natasha.prakash@unimelb.edu.au
Unit: Economics of Genomics and Precision Medicine Unit, Melbourne Health Economics
School: Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Biography

Natasha is a Health Technology Assessment (HTA) evaluator in Melbourne Health Economics within the Melbourne Health Technology and Value Assessment Collaboration (M-VAC) team. Natasha is responsible for evaluating submissions of pharmaceuticals and medical technologies to support decisions regarding Medicare listings.

Natasha has previous experience at a private health technology assessment consultancy conducting evaluations of medical devices and surgically implanted prostheses for government departments and agencies, and not-for-profit organisations. Her work has included assessing submissions of new health technologies for listing on the Medicare Benefits Schedule and the Prescribed List of Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products.

Natasha completed a Master of Clinical Embryology at Monash University and has a keen interest in the clinical and economic evaluation of reproductive and women’s health services and health technologies.