Emily Callander

I am a health economist and health services researcher specialising in maternal, women's and child health. I am Professor, and Head of Discipline for Health Services Management in the School of Public Health, University of Technology Sydney; and Professor of Women's Health Economics and Value Based Care at Monash University.

I gained a PhD, and Postdoctoral training at the University of Sydney, School of Public Health, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre and Charles Perkins Centre. I have held NHMRC Doctoral Scholarship, NHMRC Early Career Fellowship and NHMRC Career Development Fellowship support.

I lead a Women’s Economics and Value-Based Care research program, externally funded by a number of NHMRC and MRFF grants. We collaborate widely across a number of key maternal health research centers within Australia and internationally to provide the economic evidence base to guide health service and policy decision-making. This includes undertaking economic evaluation alongside randomised controlled trials, measuring costs and outcomes with real-world linked administrative data, and conducting local-health service level economic modeling.

I sit on a number of maternal health state government committees; and I am a member of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee Economics Subcommittee, where I provide economic advice on all new drugs seeking public subsidisation through the PBS and Medicare Services Advisory Committee Evaluation Subcommittee where I provide economic advice on all services seeking public subsidisation through Medicare.

My mission is to improve the equity and efficiency of health services and systems by embedding economic evidence into decision-making.