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Angela Devine: I would be honoured to serve as a Board Director for Oceania and contribute to the continued growth and impact of the International Health Economics Association. I have been an active member of IHEA for the past five years. During this time, I have served as a Scientific Committee Member and attended the World Congress three times. These experiences have allowed me to develop an understanding of the breadth and depth of research conducted by IHEA’s membership, as well as forge connections with health economists from around the world.
I have dedicated my career to conducting high-quality economic evaluations to inform health policy and advancing the field of health economics. I currently have dual affiliations at Menzies School of Health Research (Northern Territory) and The University of Melbourne (Victoria). My research program focuses on the cost-effectiveness of interventions to control and treat malaria infections alongside methodological research in estimating productivity losses as well as the impact of the inclusion of productivity losses on equity.
As a Board Director for Oceania, I would bring a strong commitment to promoting geographic diversity and representing the perspectives of health economists in this region. I have extensive professional networks across Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands, which would enable me to effectively engage with and advocate for the interests of IHEA members in Oceania. I am an active member of the Australian Health Economics Society, the Australian Clinical Trials Alliance Health Economics Alongside Trials Special Interest Group, and the Women in Global Health Australia Committee. I lead the economic component of the Australia-Aotearoa Consortium for Epidemic Forecasting & Analytics, have served as a senior evaluator for submissions to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee in Australia, and have multiple ongoing studies in Papua New Guinea, where I collaborate with the Institute for Medical Research to develop research capacity in health economics.
I am passionate about mentoring the next generation of health economists. I have volunteered as a Mentor at the IHEA Congress early career researchers (ECR) Mentoring Lunches, the IHEA Mentoring scheme, and provided detailed comments on draft IHEA abstracts submitted by ECRs in low- and middle-income countries. My team is committed to strengthening local and regional research capability and promoting ethical and reciprocal collaboration in our multi-country research teams, emphasising shared learning, knowledge transfer, and partnership as core principles of our work.
As a global health researcher, I have been particularly delighted to see IHEA support diversity and inclusion in its membership and conference attendance. I was pleased to see IHEA take tangible action in this area when it relocated the 2025 Congress due to the potential for many researchers to have difficulty obtaining visas. Having seen firsthand the impact that these choices have on my students and colleagues who have passports from other nations, I am deeply committed to advancing IHEA’s efforts to foster an inclusive professional community of health economists, one that maximises accessibility and ensures that everyone can participate fully in global academic discourse.