Joshua Knight

Dr Josh Knight joined the Health Economics Unit at the University of Melbourne in 2016. His PhD assessed the impact of the introduction of a novel CVD risk screening equation in New Zealand and modelled of comparative benefits of alternate methods of CVD risk assessment. Current research includes modelling the impact of future trends of diabetes/BMI on rates of CVD, development of a set disaggregated CVD equations, the development of a type 1 diabetes model, assessment of the cost-effectiveness of eye health screening in the Australian diabetic population, and the development a CVD equation for the Indigenous Australian population.