Health Policy Analysis

Role: Lead the consortium in evauation design and activaties.

Personnel:

• Jim Pearse, Director (HCH Evaluation Director)
• Deniza Mazevska, Director (HCH Evaluation Project Manager and Quality Manager)
• Prof. Patrick McElduff, Principal Statistician & Conjooint Prof.of Biostastics University of Newcastle
• Mr Joel Tuccia, Senior Consultant
• Mr Zachary Davies, Data Scientist
• Mr Paul Taylor, Consultant
• Mr Owen Cho, Data Scientist/ Consultant

Centre for Big Data Research in Health, University of NSW

Role: Design and implement quantitative aspects of the evaluation, including data linkage, and prepare benchmarking reports for practices and PHNs.

Personnel:

• Prof. Louisa Jorm, Director
• Prof. Sallie-Anne Pearson, Head, Medicines Policy Research Unit
• Michael Falster, Biostatistician and Research Fellow

Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology

Role: Economic analysis.

Personnel:

• Prof. Jane Hall, Director of strategy
• Assoc.prof.Kees van Gool, Deputy Director
• Thomas Longden, Economist

Local and international expert advisors

Role: Provide advice towards the evaluation design in areas of expertise, conduct qualitative interviews/ focus groups, review and comment on evaluation findings.

Personnel:

• Prof. James Dunbar, Honorary Prof. and Director of Health Service Implementation Research Unit, Deakin Population Health Strategic Research Centre, Deakin University
• Prof. Robyn McDermott, Director, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention, James Cook University
• Dr Tim Smyth, Consultant
• Dr Rebecca Rosen, GP and Senior Fellow, Nuffield Trust London
• Dr Steve Sutch, Director, Sutch Consulting International Ltd
• Kathryn Mack McDonald, Executive Director, Center for Health Policy, Stanford University