Research Groups
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Melbourne Health Economics
The Health Economics Unit undertakes a range of projects focused on economic evaluation as well as the assessment of efficiency, equality and quality of health care production and performance.
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Law and Public Health Unit
The Law and Public Health unit at the University of Melbourne is an interfaculty initiative which spans the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health and the Melbourne Law School.
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Cancer Health Services Research Unit
The Cancer Health Services Research Unit studies all relevant aspects of cancer care innovation, cancer health economics and the improvement of cancer care delivery. new
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Evaluation and Implementation Science Unit
Our research and teaching at the unit are focussed on promoting the understanding and use of evaluation and implementation science methods in health care. Evidence of high-quality health care is generated through evaluation with implementation science informing strategies to foster the uptake of evidence into routine practice in a range of settings. Through these methods we seek to improve health care equity and outcomes.
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Demography and Ageing Unit
The Demography and Ageing Unit comprises a group of demographers and social scientists who focus on the implications of ageing for individuals, families, the economy and population more broadly. Our research interests cover both macro (population ageing) and micro (individual ageing) perspectives on ageing, with a view to generating an evidence base to inform better policy and practice.
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Healthy Housing Unit
The Healthy Housing Unit generates high quality epidemiological research on the relationship between housing and health. The unit also models the effect of housing focussed interventions on health and trains and mentors a new generation of scholars to conduct rigorous research on Healthy Housing. The unit translates and disseminates the work to policy makers, thought leaders, media, and the public and reinforce the message that social determinants of health are primary drivers of population health.
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Melbourne Health Technology and Value Assessment Collaboration (M-VAC)
M-VAC provides a comprehensive stream of research, advisory and assessment services to underpin value-based health care policies, agendas, and reforms.
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Disability and Health Unit
Our vision is for better health and wellbeing for people with disability and long term health conditions. We generate evidence to improve the health and wellbeing of people with disabilities by focussing on the social determinants of health.
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Health and Society Unit
The Health and Society Unit brings insights from the social sciences and ethics to the study of health and health care and to the teaching of public health in the School. The Unit uses multi-disciplinary approaches to strengthen the nexus between theory and practice in the study of health and society.