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The potential to undertake meaningful research to make a difference for people affected by cancer.
Economic evaluation, simulation modelling, evidence synthesis, cost analyses
Professor Louisa Collins is Cancer Council Queensland’s Research Lead for Cancer Prevention and Survivorship. Professor Collins has undergraduate training in economics and completed postgraduate training in public health and a PhD in health economics. Her research concentrates on evaluating the cost-effectiveness of health interventions in cancer prevention and screening, supportive care interventions, and assessing the financial burden of cancer survivors. Professor Collins has led economic modelling studies and trial-based analyses that evaluate interventions from diagnosis through to supportive care services and across all types of cancer. She is driven by the need to use these findings to advocate for better service delivery with demonstrated value for money and that will lessen the financial toll on patients and families.
PhD (Health Economics) | Queensland University of Technology
Master of Public Health | Queensland University of Technology
Bachelor of Economics | University of New England
I am the Research Lead of Cancer Prevention and Survivorship and my particular expertise is in health economics. My research is devoted to evaluating the cost-effectiveness of health interventions in cancer prevention and screening, supportive care interventions, and assessing the financial burdens to cancer survivors. I contribute to providing the business case for implementing novel cancer-related interventions and models of care, working closely with clinicians, healthcare providers and stakeholders.
I have a real sense of responsibility to conduct excellent research because it is a gift and a privilege to receive and analyse research data that have been selflessly provided by people affected by cancer, often at very difficult times in their lives.
I’m excited about recent developments in equity-based methods in health economics, which will improve our understanding of how resources can be better distributed to close the inequality gaps in Australia.
