• Showcasing ECR Research in Health Economics: BRCA Screening Webinar

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    Zoom

    Add to Calendar! This webinar will feature presentations from Dr Xia Wei (Postdoctoral Researcher, Peking University)and Mackenzie Bourke (PhD Candidate and Research Fellow, University of Melbourne). They will present their research on the economic evaluation of BRCA screening strategies, including implications for prevention policy and resource allocation. Economic evaluation of genetic testing and management strategies […]

  • Culture and Health

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    Zoom

    Add to Calendar! This webinar explores the multifaceted relationship between culture and health from an economic perspective, integrating insights from anthropology, psychology, and political science. It begins by examining how culture provides meaning to illness and suffering and explores how culturally grounded “disease theory systems” influence beliefs about what causes illness, how and whether suffering […]

  • Health spending and outcomes

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    Zoom

    Add to Calendar! This web workshop will explore the relationship between health spending and health outcomes, bringing together empirical evidence from a diverse range of country contexts. Presentations will examine whether increased public investment in health translates into measurable improvements in population health, drawing on case studies from Brazil, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, the United […]

  • Biobanks and Genomics in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Emerging Opportunities for Research and Health Economics Webinar & Panel Discussion

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    Zoom

    Add to Calendar! This panel discussion will feature short presentations from Professor Segun Fatumo (Chair of Genomic Diversity at Queen Mary University of London and Head of Non-Communicable Disease Genomics at the MRC Uganda Research Unit) and Professor Zhu Chen (College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing). The speakers will highlight emerging opportunities […]