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Curriculum Vitae. Nicholas Graves, PhD
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SUMMARY
DISCIPLINE AREA Health Economics; Decision Making; Health Services Research
APPLIED RESEARCH Healthcare associated infection, health behaviour change interventions, screening for infectious and chronic disease, blood policy, how research funding is allocated, the strange organisation of Universities
METHODOLOGY Skewed data especially values for length of stay in hospital, how decision makers value health care costs and weight economic evidence, and the impact of different perspectives on decision making.
FUNDING SINCE 2004 Total funding awarded is $23,567,654 with 78% from international & national competitive schemes.
PUBLICATIONS Over one hundred publications in peer reviewed journals including Nature, JAMA, BMJ, Clinical Infectious diseases, Am J Epi. and Health Economics. Total cites = 1445, H index = 22. Thirteen books, chapters, newspapers & monographs.
PROFESSIONAL/POLICY PBAC, MSAC, NHMRC GRP, Australian Commission for Safety and Quality
PHD SUPERVISION Nine completed, principal supervisor of six ongoing students, mentoring supervisors of six students and associate supervisor of four student
Australian and European Union Passports Date of birth 04/09/1969 School of Public Health and Institute for Health & Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, 60 Musk Avenue, QLD, 4059, Australia. [email protected] tel +61(0)7 3138 6115 fax +61(0)7 3138 6030 mobile +617 (0)412 058051 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5559-3267 Last update: March 2016
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Contents
1. CURRENT APPOINTMENTS ........................................................................................................................... 3
2. PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS .......................................................................................................................... 3
3. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS........................................................................................................................ 3
4. SUBSEQUENT TRAINING .............................................................................................................................. 4
5. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................................................... 5
6. AWARDS ...................................................................................................................................................... 6
6. JOURNALS THAT HAVE PUBLISHED MY RESEARCH PAPERS AND OPINIONS ................................................. 6
7. CITATION BY YEAR ....................................................................................................................................... 7
8. PUBLICATIONS ............................................................................................................................................. 8
PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL .................................................................................................................................... 8
BOOKS, BOOK CHAPTER, NEWSPAPER ARTICLES & RESEARCH MONOGRAPHS ................................................................ 22
9. SUMMARY OF RESEARCH FUNDING, SINCE 2004 ..................................................................................... 224
10. INDIVIDUAL GRANTS, SINCE 2004 ............................................................................................................ 25
NHMRC CENTRE FOR RESEARCH EXCELLENCE ....................................................................................................... 25
NHMRC PARTNERSHIP GRANTS ......................................................................................................................... 25
NHMRC PROJECT GRANTS ............................................................................................................................... 26
UK NATIONAL INSTITUTES FOR HEALTH RESEARCH, HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME ................................ 27
AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL ........................................................................................................................ 28
OTHER COMPETITIVE FUNDING .......................................................................................................................... 29
FUNDING FROM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES/OTHER .................................................................................................... 30
11. INTERNATIONAL INVITATIONS. ................................................................................................................ 31
12. DOMESTIC INVITATIONS ....................................................................................................................... 333
13. CONFERENCE PAPERS .............................................................................................................................. 38
14. DOCTORAL SUPERVISION ......................................................................................................................... 40
CURRENT STUDENTS ........................................................................................................................................ 40
MENTORING STUDENTS .................................................................................................................................... 40
ASSOCIATE SUPERVISOR STUDENTS ...................................................................................................................... 40
COMPLETED STUDENTS ..................................................................................................................................... 40
15. EDITORIAL BOARDS AND PEER REVIEW ................................................................................................... 43
16. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ........................................................................................................................... 44
17. SERVICE AT QUT ....................................................................................................................................... 44
19. COMMUNITY SERVICE .............................................................................................................................. 44
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1. Current Appointments
2010 Professor of Health Economics. Queensland University of Technology
2009 Adjunct Associate Professor. University of Queensland, Australia
2. Previous appointments
2007 Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology
2002 Senior Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
2001 Visiting Lecturer, University of Auckland
1996 Lecturer, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, teaching positions at Birkbeck
College and London School of Economics.
1993 Research Fellow, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
3. Academic qualifications
My PhD was awarded by the Faculty of Economics, University of London, and was a study of the
healthcare sector. My supervisor was Professor Jennifer A. Roberts who held key research positions
at the London School of Economics and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine from the
1960’s into the 2000’s.
2001 PhD Economics University of London
1993 MA Health Services Studies University of Leeds
1992 BA Hons. Economics & Economic History University of Liverpool
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4. Subsequent Training
I am interested in decision-making in healthcare, in particular the application of economic appraisal
methods. I have built on my formal qualifications with these training courses:
2010 Research Leadership, LH Martin Institute, University of Melbourne
2009 Modelling health care costs and expenditures, University of Melbourne
2008 Bayesian Methods in Health Economics, Statistical Society for Australia
2007 Economics of Reimbursement, Research & Regulation, Flinders University
2005 Bayesian Approaches to Evidence Synthesis/Decision Modelling, Bristol
2004 Economic Analysis and Vaccination, University of Melbourne
2004 Bayesian Modelling and Analysis, Queensland University of Technology
2004 Advanced Modelling Methods for Economic Evaluation, University of York
1999 Industrial Organisation, London School of Economics
1996 Economics and Social Policy, London School of Economics
1995 Statistics for Public Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
1995 Principles of Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine
1995 Modelling Health Care, London School Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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5. Professional Activities
Member of the panel of providers of Health Economic Services project with Commonwealth
of Australia Department of Health and Ageing.
Member of the Executive Committee of the Health Services Research Associated of
Australia & New Zealand. 2012 – ongoing.
Johnson & Johnson Global Infection Prevention Advisory Board. 2011 – ongoing. First
meeting Orange County, March 16th 2013.
NHMRC Grant Review Panel Member. 2004 – ongoing for project grants scheme.
PBAC Visiting member of Economic Sub Committee for Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory
Committee 2011
MSAC Member of Protocol Advisory Services Committee for Medical Servicers Advisory
Committee 2011
Healthcare Associated Infection Advisory Committee. Australian Commission on Safety and
Quality in Health Care. 2012 - ongoing
Member of Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre. Developing Health Economics
Projects from 2011.
Section Editor for BMC Health Services Research 2008-2011
Member of Editorial Board for Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Healthcare
Infections, Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare and Clinical Audit
Member of Panel of Providers of Health Economics Services for Australian Government:
Department of Health and Ageing.
Member of College of Experts for National Institutes for Health Research, England & Wales.
Member of Expert Advisory Panel of Applied Research (EAPAR) for Office of Health and
Medical Research (OHMR), Queensland Health.
Chair of IHBI post-graduate student committee. 2012 - ongoing
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6. Awards
2016 Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Council of the American Heart Association most impactful publications in 2015. “Effect of Lifestyle-Focused Text Messaging on Risk Factor Modification in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease: A Randomized Clinical Trial”
2015 Coloplast Literary Award, for the best original research published in 2014 in the Australian Wound Management Association journal, for his paper modelling the direct health care costs of chronic wounds in Australia
7. Journals that have published my research papers and opinions
Journal Impact Factor
Nature 31.5
JAMA 32
Annals of Internal Medicine 17.5
Lancet Infectious Diseases 13.2
BMJ 13.5
Clinical Infectious Diseases 7.4
Emerging Infectious Diseases 6.5
Journal of Infectious Diseases 5.7
Breast Cancer Res Treat 5.7
AIDS 5.5
American Journal of Epidemiology 5.3
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8. Citation statistics
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9. Publications
Peer reviewed journal
1. GRAVES, N., PAGE, K., MARTIN, E., BRAIN, D., HALL, L., CAMPBELL, M., FULOP, N.,
JIMMEISON, N., WHITE, K., PATERSON, D. & BARNETT, A. G. 2016. Cost-Effectiveness of a
National Initiative to Improve Hand Hygiene Compliance Using the Outcome of Healthcare
Associated Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia. PLoS One, 11, e0148190.
2. JIMMIESON, N. L., TUCKER, M. K., WHITE, K. M., LIAO, J., CAMPBELL, M., BRAIN, D., PAGE, K.,
BARNETT, A. G. & GRAVES, N. 2016. The role of time pressure and different psychological
safety climate referents in the prediction of nurses' hand hygiene compliance. Safety
Science, 82, 29-43.
3. WHITE, K. M., JIMMIESON, N. L., OBST, P. L., GRAVES, N., BARNETT, A., COCKSHAW, W., GEE,
P., HANEMAN, L., PAGE, K., CAMPBELL, M., MARTIN, E. & PATERSON, D. 2015b. Using a
theory of planned behaviour framework to explore hand hygiene beliefs at the '5 critical
moments' among Australian hospital-based nurses 59. BMC Health Services Research, 15.
4. WHITE, K. M., JIMMIESON, N. L., GRAVES, N., BARNETT, A., COCKSHAW, W., GEE, P., PAGE,
K., CAMPBELL, M., MARTIN, E., BRAIN, D. & PATERSON, D. 2015a. Key beliefs of hospital
nurses' hand-hygiene behaviour: Protecting your peers and needing effective reminders.
Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 26, 74-78.
5. WESTBROOK, J. I., GOSPODAREVSKAYA, E., LI, L., RICHARDSON, K. L., ROFFE, D., HEYWOOD,
M., DAY, R. O. & GRAVES, N. 2015. Cost-effectiveness analysis of a hospital electronic
medication management system. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association,
22, 784-793.
6. SOLOMON, D., GRAVES, N. & CATHERWOOD, J. 2015. Allied health growth: What we do not
measure we cannot manage. Human Resources for Health, 13.
7. RUSSO, P. L., CHENG, A. C., RICHARDS, M., GRAVES, N. & HALL, L. 2015c. Healthcare-
associated infections in Australia: Time for national surveillance. Australian Health Review,
39, 37-43.
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8. RUSSO, P. L., CHENG, A. C., RICHARDS, M., GRAVES, N. & HALL, L. 2015d. Variation in health
care-associated infection surveillance practices in Australia. American Journal of Infection
Control, 43, 773-775.
9. RUSSO, P. L., BARNETT, A. G., CHENG, A. C., RICHARDS, M., GRAVES, N. & HALL, L. 2015b.
Differences in identifying healthcare associated infections using clinical vignettes and the
influence of respondent characteristics: A cross-sectional survey of Australian infection
prevention staff. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control.
10. RUSSO, P. L., BARNETT, A. G., CHENG, A. C., RICHARDS, M., GRAVES, N. & HALL, L. 2015a.
Differences in identifying healthcare associated infections using clinical vignettes and the
influence of respondent characteristics: A cross-sectional survey of Australian infection
prevention staff. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 4.
11. PAGE, K., BARNETT, A. G., CAMPBELL, M., BRAIN, D., MARTIN, E., FULOP, N. & GRAVES, N.
2015. Response to Grayson's Letter to the Editor:'Response to K. Page etal., 'Costing the
Australian National HandHygiene Initiative''. Journal of Hospital Infection, 89, 138-139.
12. NELSON, R. E., SAMORE, M. H., JONES, M., GREENE, T., STEVENS, V. W., LIU, C. F., GRAVES,
N., EVANS, M. F. & RUBIN, M. A. 2015. Reducing time-dependent bias in estimates of the
attributable cost of health care-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
infections: A comparison of three estimation strategies. Medical Care, 53, 827-834.
13. MERLO, G., PAGE, K., RATCLIFFE, J., HALTON, K. & GRAVES, N. 2015. Bridging the Gap:
Exploring the Barriers to Using Economic Evidence in Healthcare Decision Making and
Strategies for Improving Uptake. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, 13, 303-309.
14. LUANGASANATIP, N., HONGSUWAN, M., LIMMATHUROTSAKUL, D., LUBELL, Y., LEE, A. S.,
HARBARTH, S., DAY, N. P. J., GRAVES, N. & COOPER, B. S. 2015. Comparative efficacy of
interventions to promote hand hygiene in hospital: Systematic review and network meta-
analysis. BMJ (Online), 351.
15. HERBERT, D. L., GRAVES, N., CLARKE, P. & BARNETT, A. G. 2015. Usingsimplified peer review
processes to fund research: A prospective study. BMJ Open, 5..
16. FJELDSOE, B. S., MILLER, Y. D., GRAVES, N., BARNETT, A. G. & MARSHALL, A. L. 2015.
Randomized Controlled Trial of an Improved Version of MobileMums, an Intervention for
Increasing Physical Activity in Women with Young Children. Annals of Behavioral Medicine,
49, 487-499.
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17. CULLEN, L., GREENSLADE, J., MEROLLINI, K., GRAVES, N., HAMMETT, C. J. K., HAWKINS, T.,
THAN, M. P., BROWN, A. F. T., HUANG, C. B., PANAHI, S. E., DALTON, E. & PARSONAGE, W. A.
2015. Cost and outcomes of assessing patients with chest pain in an Australian emergency
department. Medical Journal of Australia, 202, 427-432.
18. COULTER, S., MEROLLINI, K., ROBERTS, J. A., GRAVES, N. & HALTON, K. 2015. The need for
cost-effectiveness analyses of antimicrobial stewardship programmes: A structured review.
International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 46, 140-149..
19. CLARKE, P., HERBERT, D., GRAVES, N. & BARNETT, A. G. 2015. A randomized trial of
fellowships for early career researchers finds a high reliability in funding decisions. Journal
of Clinical Epidemiology.
20. C CHOW, C. K., REDFERN, J., HILLIS, G. S., THAKKAR, J., SANTO, K., HACKETT, M. L., JAN, S.,
GRAVES, N., DE KEIZER, L., BARRY, T., BOMPOINT, S., STEPIEN, S., WHITTAKER, R., RODGERS,
A. & THIAGALINGAM, A. 2015. Effect of lifestyle-focused text messaging on risk factor
modification in patients with coronary heart disease: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA -
Journal of the American Medical Association, 314, 1255-1263.
21. BARNETT, A. G., HERBERT, D. L., CAMPBELL, M., DALY, N., ROBERTS, J. A., MUDGE, A. &
GRAVES, N. 2015b. Streamlined research funding using short proposals and accelerated peer
review: An observational study. BMC Health Services Research, 15.
22. B BARNETT, A. G., GRAVES, N., CLARKE, P. & HERBERT, D. 2015a. The impact of a
streamlined funding application process on application time: Two cross-sectional surveys of
Australian researchers. BMJ Open, 5
23. ASH, S., MARTIN, E. K., RODGER, S., CLARK, M. & GRAVES, N. 2015. Student and supervisor
productivity change during nutrition and dietetic practice placements: A cohort study.
Nutrition and Dietetics, 72, 163-169.
24. ZHENG, H., BARNETT, A. G., MEROLLINI, K., SUTTON, A., COOPER, N., BERENDT, T., WILSON,
J. & GRAVES, N. 2014. Control strategies to prevent total hip replacement-related infections:
A systematic review and mixed treatment comparison. BMJ Open, 4.
25. STEWARDSON, A. J., HARBARTH, S., GRAVES, N., ALLIGNOL, A., BEYERSMANN, J.,
TACCONELLI, E., DE ANGELIS, G., FARINA, C., PEZZOLI, F., BERTRAND, X., GBAGUIDI-HAORE,
H., EDGEWORTH, J., TOSAS, O., MARTINEZ, J. A., AYALA-BLANCO, M. P., MASUET-
AUMATELL, C., NAVARRO, M. B., PAN, A., ZONCADA, A., MARWICK, C. A., NATHWANI, D.,
SEIFERT, H., HOS, N., HAGEL, S., HEUBLEIN, S. & MEYER, R. 2014. Valuation of hospital bed-
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days released by infection control programs: A comparison of methods. Infection Control
and Hospital Epidemiology, 35, 1294-1297.
26. RICKARD, C. M., MARSH, N. M., WEBSTER, J., GAVIN, N. C., MCGRAIL, M. R., LARSEN, E.,
CORLEY, A., LONG, D., GOWARDMAN, J. R., MURGO, M., FRASER, J. F., CHAN, R. J., WALLIS,
M. C., YOUNG, J., MCMILLAN, D., ZHANG, L., CHOUDHURY, M. A., GRAVES, N. & GEOFFREY
PLAYFORD, E. 2014. Intravascular device administration sets: Replacement after standard
versus prolonged use in hospitalised patients - A study protocol for a randomised controlled
trial (The RSVP Trial). BMJ Open, 5.
27. PAGE, K., BARNETT, A. G., CAMPBELL, M., BRAIN, D., MARTIN, E., FULOP, N. & GRAVES, N.
2014b. Costing the Australian National Hand Hygiene Initiative. The Journal of hospital
infection, 88, 141-148
28. MITCHELL, B. G., GARDNER, A., BARNETT, A. G., HILLER, J. E. & GRAVES, N. 2014. The
prolongation of length of stay because of Clostridium difficile infection. American Journal of
Infection Control, 42, 164-167.
29. HERBERT, D. L., COVENEY, J., CLARKE, P., GRAVES, N. & BARNETT, A. G. 2014. The impact of
funding deadlines on personal workloads, stress and family relationships: A qualitative study
of Australian researchers. BMJ Open, 4
30. HALTON, K., GRAVES, N. & HALL, L. 2014. Opportunity cost of unavailable surgical
instruments in Australian hospitals. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 84, 905-906.
31. GRAVES, N. 2014b. How costs change with infection prevention efforts. Current Opinion in
Infectious Diseases, 27, 390-393.
32. GRAVES, N. 2014a. The economics of UTI surveillance. Healthcare Infection, 19, 37.
33. GORDON, L. G., BEESLEY, V. L., LYNCH, B. M., MIHALA, G., MCGRATH, C., GRAVES, N. &
WEBB, P. M. 2014. The return to work experiences of middle-aged Australian workers
diagnosed with colorectal cancer: A matched cohort study. BMC Public Health, 14.
34. FRAMPTON, G. K., HARRIS, P., COOPER, K., COOPER, T., CLELAND, J., JONES, J., SHEPHERD, J.,
CLEGG, A., GRAVES, N., WELCH, K. & CUTHBERTSON, B. H. 2014. Educational interventions
for preventing vascular catheter bloodstream infections in critical care: Evidence map,
systematic review and economic evaluation. Health Technology Assessment, 18, 1-365.
35. EAKIN, E. G., WINKLER, E. A., DUNSTAN, D. W., HEALY, G. N., OWEN, N., MARSHALL, A. M.,
GRAVES, N. & REEVES, M. M. 2014. Living well with diabetes: 24-month outcomes from a
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randomized trial of telephone-delivered weight loss and physical activity intervention to
improve glycemic control. Diabetes Care, 37, 2177-2185.
36. COOPER, K., FRAMPTON, G., HARRIS, P., JONES, J., COOPER, T., GRAVES, N., CLELAND, J.,
SHEPHERD, J., CLEGG, A. & CUTHBERTSON, B. H. 2014. Are educational interventions to
prevent catheter-related bloodstream infections in intensive care unit cost-effective?
Journal of Hospital Infection, 86, 47-52.
37. COCKER, F., NICHOLSON, J. M., GRAVES, N., OLDENBURG, B., PALMER, A. J., MARTIN, A.,
SCOTT, J., VENN, A. & SANDERSON, K. 2014. Depression in working adults: comparing the
costs and health outcomes of working when ill. PloS one, 9, e105430.
38. BARNETT, A. G., PAGE, K., CAMPBELL, M., BRAIN, D., MARTIN, E., WINTERS, S., HALL, L.,
PATERSON, D. & GRAVES, N. 2014b. Changes in healthcare-associated infections after the
introduction of a national hand hygiene initiative. Healthcare Infection, 19, 128-134.
39. BARNETT, A. G., PAGE, K., CAMPBELL, M., BRAIN, D., MARTIN, E., RASHLEIGH-ROLLS, R.,
HALTON, K., HALL, L., JIMMIESON, N., WHITE, K., PATERSON, D. & GRAVES, N. 2014a.
Changes in healthcare-associated staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections after the
introduction of a national hand hygiene initiative. Infection Control and Hospital
Epidemiology, 35, 1029-1036.
40. SOLOMON, D., ADAMS, J. & GRAVES, N. 2013. Economic evaluation of St. John's wort
(Hypericum perforatum) for the treatment of mild to moderate depression. Journal of
Affective Disorders, 148, 228-234.
41. PAGE, K., GRAVES, N., HALTON, K. & BARNETT, A. G. 2013. Humans, 'things' and space:
Costing hospital infection control interventions. Journal of Hospital Infection, 84, 200-205.
42. MITCHELL, B. G., DANCER, S. J., SHABAN, R. Z. & GRAVES, N. 2013b. Scholarly writing, peer-
review and quality papers for Healthcare Infection. Healthcare Infection, 18, 131-132.
43. MITCHELL, B. G., DANCER, S. J., SHABAN, R. Z. & GRAVES, N. 2013a. Moving forward with
hospital cleaning. American Journal of Infection Control, 41, 1138-1139.
44. MEROLLINI, K. M. D., ZHENG, H. & GRAVES, N. 2013c. Most relevant strategies for
preventing surgical site infection after total hip arthroplasty: Guideline recommendations
and expert opinion. American Journal of Infection Control, 41, 221-226
.45. MEROLLINI, K. M. D., CRAWFORD, R. W., WHITEHOUSE, S. L. & GRAVES, N. 2013b. Surgical
site infection prevention following total hip arthroplasty in Australia: A cost-effectiveness
analysis. American Journal of Infection Control, 41, 803-809.
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46. MEROLLINI, K. M. D., CRAWFORD, R. W. & GRAVES, N. 2013a. Surgical treatment
approaches and reimbursement costs of surgical site infections post hip arthroplasty in
Australia: A retrospective analysis. BMC Health Services Research, 13.
47. MARSHALL, A. L., MILLER, Y. D., GRAVES, N., BARNETT, A. G. & FJELDSOE, B. S. 2013. Moving
MobileMums forward: Protocol for a larger randomized controlled trial of an improved
physical activity program for women with young children. BMC Public Health, 13.
48. L LUANGASANATIP, N., HONGSUWAN, M., LUBELL, Y., LIMMATHUROTSAKUL, D.,
TEPARRUKKUL, P., CHAOWARAT, S., DAY, N. P. J., GRAVES, N. & COOPER, B. S. 2013. Long-
term survival after intensive care unit discharge in Thailand: A retrospective study. Critical
Care, 17.
49. HERBERT, D. L., BARNETT, A. G. & GRAVES, N. 2013b. Funding: Australia's grant system
wastes time. Nature, 495, 314.
50. HERBERT, D. L., BARNETT, A. G., CLARKE, P. & GRAVES, N. 2013a. On the time spent
preparing grant proposals: An observational study of Australian researchers. BMJ Open, 3.
51. HALL, L., HALTON, K., BAILEY, E. J., PAGE, K., WHITBY, M., PATERSON, D. L. & GRAVES, N.
2013. Post-discharge surgical site surveillance - where to from here? Journal of Hospital
Infection, 84, 268.
52. GRAVES, N., JANDA, M., MEROLLINI, K., GEBSKI, V. & OBERMAIR, A. 2013b. The cost-
effectiveness of total laparoscopic hysterectomy compared to total abdominal
hysterectomy for the treatment of early stage endometrial cancer. BMJ Open, 3.
53. GRAVES, N., HALTON, K., PAGE, K. & BARNETT, A. 2013a. Linking scientific evidence and
decision making: A case study of hand hygiene interventions. Infection Control and Hospital
Epidemiology, 34, 424-429.
54. BARNETT, A. G., PAGE, K., CAMPBELL, M., MARTIN, E., RASHLEIGH-ROLLS, R., HALTON, K.,
PATERSON, D. L., HALL, L., JIMMIESON, N., WHITE, K. & GRAVES, N. 2013. The increased risks
of death and extra lengths of hospital and ICU stay from hospital-acquired bloodstream
infections: A case-control study. BMJ Open, 3.
55. BANKS, M. D., GRAVES, N., BAUER, J. D. & ASH, S. 2013. Cost effectiveness of nutrition
support in the prevention of pressure ulcer in hospitals. European Journal of Clinical
Nutrition, 67, 42-46.
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56. RODGER, S., STEPHENS, E., CLARK, M., ASH, S., HURST, C. & GRAVES, N. 2012. Productivity
and Time Use during Occupational Therapy and Nutrition/Dietetics Clinical Education: A
Cohort Study. PLoS ONE, 7.
57. PAGE, K., GRAVES, N., HALTON, K., BAILEY, E. J., FULFORD, G. R. & WHITBY, M. 2012. Key
priorities for Australian infection control: Summary of findings from the launch of the Centre
for Research Excellence in Reducing Healthcare Associated Infections. Healthcare Infection,
17, 133-135.
58. HALTON, K., SARNA, M., BARNETT, A., LEONARDO, L. & GRAVES, N. 2012. Are community-
based interventions effective in identifying and responding to emerging zoonotic infectious
diseases? JBI Library of Systematic Reviews, 10..
59. GRAVES, N., BARNETT, A., WHITE, K., JIMMIESON, N., PAGE, K., CAMPBELL, M., STEVENS, E.,
RASHLEIGH-ROLLS, R., GRAYSON, L. & PATERSON, D. 2012. Evaluating the economics of the
Australian National Hand Hygiene Initiative. Healthcare Infection, 17, 5-10.
60. FORD, E., ADAMS, J. & GRAVES, N. 2012. Development of an economic model to assess the
cost-effectiveness of hawthorn extract as an adjunct treatment for heart failure in Australia.
BMJ Open, 2.
61. CHOW, C. K., REDFERN, J., THIAGALINGAM, A., JAN, S., WHITTAKER, R., HACKETT, M.,
GRAVES, N., MOONEY, J. & HILLIS, G. S. 2012. Design and rationale of the tobacco, exercise
and diet messages (TEXT ME) trial of a text message-based intervention for ongoing
prevention of cardiovascular disease in people with coronary disease: A randomised
controlled trial protocol. BMJ Open, 2.
62. WOLKEWITZ STATISTICIAN, M., ALLIGNOL, A., GRAVES, N. & BARNETT, A. G. 2011. Is 27
really a dangerous age for famous musicians? Retrospective cohort study. BMJ (Online),
343.
63. SOLOMON, D., FORD, E., ADAMS, J. & GRAVES, N. 2011. Potential of St John's Wort for the
treatment of depression: The economic perspective. Australian and New Zealand Journal of
Psychiatry, 45, 123-130.
64. ROSENTHAL, V. D., UDWADIA, F. E., MUNOZ, H. J., ERBEN, N., HIGUERA, F., ABIDI, K.,
MEDEIROS, E. A., FERNÁNDEZ MALDONADO, E., KANJ, S. S., GIKAS, A., BARNETT, A. G. &
GRAVES, N. 2011b. Time-dependent analysis of extra length of stay and mortality due to
ventilator-associated pneumonia in inte sive-care units of ten limited-resources countries:
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Findings of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC).
Epidemiology and Infection, 139, 1757-1763.
65. ROSENTHAL, V. D., DWIVEDY, A., RODRÍGUEZ CALDERÓN, M. E., ESEN, S., HERNÁNDEZ, H. T.,
ABOUQAL, R., MEDEIROS, E. A., ESPINOZA, T. A., KANJ, S. S., GIKAS, A., BARNETT, A. G. &
GRAVES, N. 2011a. Time-dependent analysis of length of stay and mortality due to urinary
tract infections in ten developing countries: INICC findings. Journal of Infection, 62, 136-141.
66. RODGER, S., STEPHENS, E., CLARK, M., ASH, S. & GRAVES, N. 2011. Occupational therapy
students' contribution to occasions of service during practice placements in health settings.
Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 58, 412-418.
67. ROBOTHAM, J. V., GRAVES, N., COOKSON, B. D., BARNETT, A. G., WILSON, J. A.,
EDGEWORTH, J. D., BATRA, R., CUTHBERTSON, B. H. & COOPER, B. S. 2011. Screening,
isolation, and decolonisation strategies in the control of meticillin resistant Staphylococcus
aureus in intensive care units: Cost effectiveness evaluation. BMJ (Online), 343.
68. GRAVES, N., BARNETT, A. G. & ROSENTHAL, V. D. 2011d. Open versus closed IV infusion
systems: A state based model to predict risk of catheter associated blood stream infections.
BMJ Open, 1.
69. GRAVES, N., BARNETT, A. G., HALTON, K., CRNICH, C., COOPER, B., BEYERSMANN, J.,
WOLKEWITZ, M., SAMORE, M. & HARBARTH, S. 2011c. The importance of good data,
analysis, and interpretation for showing the economics of reducing healthcare- associated
infection. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 32, 927-928.
70. GRAVES, N., BARNETT, A. G. & CLARKE, P. 2011a. Cutting random funding decisions. Nature,
469, 299.
71. GRAVES, N., BARNETT, A. G. & CLARKE, P. 2011b. Funding grant proposals for scientific
research: Retrospective analysis of scores by members of grant review panel. BMJ (Online),
343.
72. GRAVES, N. & BARNETT, A. G. 2011. Administrative burdens: Bureaucracy savings should go
to research. Nature, 477, 538.
73. GORDON, L. G., LYNCH, B. M., BEESLEY, V. L., GRAVES, N., MCGRATH, C., O'ROURKE, P. &
WEBB, P. M. 2011. The Working after Cancer Study (WACS): A population-based study of
middle-aged workers diagnosed with colorectal cancer and their return to work
experiences. BMC Public Health, 11.
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74. BARNETT, A. G., BEYERSMANN, J., ALLIGNOL, A., ROSENTHAL, V. D., GRAVES, N. &
WOLKEWITZ, M. 2011. The time-dependent bias and its effect on extra length of stay due to
nosocomial infection. Value in Health, 14, 381-386.
75. ROWLANDS, I., GRAVES, N., DE JERSEY, S., MCINTYRE, H. D. & CALLAWAY, L. 2010. Obesity in
pregnancy: outcomes and economics. Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 15, 94-99.
76. LAWLER, S. P., WINKLER, E., REEVES, M. M., OWEN, N., GRAVES, N. & EAKIN, E. G. 2010.
Multiple health behavior changes and co-variation in a telephone counseling trial. Annals of
behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, 39, 250-257.
77. HALTON, K. A., COOK, D., PATERSON, D. L., SAFDAR, N. & GRAVES, N. 2010. Cost-
effectiveness of a central venous catheter care bundle. PLoS ONE, 5, 1-11.
78. HALTON, K. & GRAVES, N. 2010. Using economic data to reduce healthcare-acquired
infection. New Zealand Medical Journal, 123, 6-8.
79. GRAVES, N., HARBARTH, S., BEYERSMANN, J., BARNETT, A., HALTON, K. & COOPER, B.
2010b. Estimating the cost of health care-assodated infections: Mind your p's and q's.
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 50, 1017-1021.
80. GRAVES, N., CLARE, G., HAINES, M. & BIRD, R. 2010a. A policy case study of blood in
Australia. Social Science and Medicine, 71, 1677-1682.
81. Graves, N., Commentaries. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 2010. 17(6):
p. 321.
82. FORD, E., SOLOMON, D., ADAMS, J. & GRAVES, N. 2010. The use of economic evaluation in
CAM: An introductory framework. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 10.
83. EAKIN, E. G., REEVES, M. M., MARSHALL, A. L., DUNSTAN, D. W., GRAVES, N., HEALY, G. N.,
BLEIER, J., BARNETT, A. G., O'MOORE-SULLIVAN, T., RUSSELL, A. & WILKIE, K. 2010. Living
well with diabetes: A randomized controlled trial of a telephone-delivered intervention for
maintenance of weight loss, physical activity and glycaemic control in adults with type 2
diabetes. BMC Public Health, 10.
84. BOLZ, K. M. D., CRAWFORD, R. W., DONNELLY, B., WHITEHOUSE, S. L. & GRAVES, N. 2010.
The Cost-effectiveness of Routine Follow-up After Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty. Journal of
Arthroplasty, 25, 191-196.
85. BARNETT, A. G., GRAVES, N., ROSENTHAL, V. D., SALOMAO, R. & RANGEL-FRAUSTO, M. S.
2010. Excess length of stay due to central line-associated bloodstream infection in intensive
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care units in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 31,
1106-1114.
86. BANKS, M. D., GRAVES, N., BAUER, J. D. & ASH, S. 2010b. The costs arising from pressure
ulcers attributable to malnutrition. Clinical Nutrition, 29, 180-186.
87. BANKS, M., BAUER, J., GRAVES, N. & ASH, S. 2010a. Malnutrition and pressure ulcer risk in
adults in Australian health care facilities. Nutrition, 26, 896-901.
88. HALTON, K. A., COOK, D. A., WHITBY, M., PATERSON, D. L. & GRAVES, N. 2009. Cost
effectiveness of antimicrobial catheters in the intensive care unit: Addressing uncertainty in
the decision. Critical Care, 13.
89. GRAVES, N., HALTON, K., PATERSON, D. & WHITBY, M. 2009d. Economic rationale for
infection control in Australian hospitals. Healthcare Infection, 14, 81-88.
90. GRAVES, N., HALTON, K. & JARVIS, W. 2009c. Economics and preventing healthcare acquired
infection.. 1-165.
91. GRAVES, N., COURTNEY, M., EDWARDS, H., CHANG, A., PARKER, A. & FINLAYSON, K. 2009b.
Cost-effectiveness of an intervention to reduce emergency re-admissions to hospital among
older patients. PLoS ONE, 4.
92. GRAVES, N., BARNETT, A. G., HALTON, K. A., VEERMAN, J. L., WINKLER, E., OWEN, N.,
REEVES, M. M., MARSHALL, A. & EAKIN, E. 2009a. Cost-effectiveness of a telephone-
delivered intervention for physical activity and diet. PLoS ONE, 4.
93. FADDY, M., GRAVES, N. & PETTITT, A. 2009. Modeling length of stay in hospital and other
right skewed data: Comparison of phase-type, gamma and log-normal distributions. Value in
Health, 12, 309-314.
94. EAKIN, E., REEVES, M., LAWLER, S., GRAVES, N., OLDENBURG, B., DEL MAR, C., WILKE, K.,
WINKLER, E. & BARNETT, A. 2009. Telephone Counseling for Physical Activity and Diet in
Primary Care Patients. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 36, 142-149.
95. BARNETT, A. G., BATRA, R., GRAVES, N., EDGEWORTH, J., ROBOTHAM, J. & COOPER, B. 2009.
Using a longitudinal model to estimate the effect of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus
aureus infection on length of stay in an intensive care unit. American Journal of
Epidemiology, 170, 1186-1194.
96. UDEH, B., UDEH, C. & GRAVES, N. 2008. Perinatal HIV transmission and the cost-
effectiveness of screening at 14 weeks gestation, at the onset of labour and the rapid testing
of infants. BMC Infectious Diseases, 8.
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97. SANDERSON, K., NICHOLSON, J., GRAVES, N., TILSE, E. & OLDENBURG, B. 2008. Mental
health in the workplace: Using the ICF to model the prospective associations between
symptoms, activities, participation and environmental factors. Disability and Rehabilitation,
30, 1289-1297.
98. ROSENTHAL, V. D., MAKI, D. G. & GRAVES, N. 2008. The International Nosocomial Infection
Control Consortium (INICC): Goals and objectives, description of surveillance methods, and
operational activities. American Journal of Infection Control, 36, e1-e12.
99. RAMRITU, P., HALTON, K., COOK, D., WHITBY, M. & GRAVES, N. 2008b. Catheter-related
bloodstream infections in intensive care units: A systematic review with meta-analysis.
Journal of Advanced Nursing, 62, 3-21.
100. RAMRITU, P., HALTON, K., COLLIGNON, P., COOK, D., FRAENKEL, D., BATTISTUTTA, D.,
WHITBY, M. & GRAVES, N. 2008a. A systematic review comparing the relative effectiveness
of antimicrobial-coated catheters in intensive care units. American Journal of Infection
Control, 36, 104-117.
101. GRAVES, N. & MCGOWAN JR, J. E. 2008. Nosocomial infection, the deficit reduction act, and
incentives for hospitals. JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, 300, 1577-
1579.
102. GRAVES, N., HALTON, K., DOIDGE, S., CLEMENTS, A., LAIRSON, D. & WHITBY, M. 2008. Who
bears the cost of healthcare-acquired surgical site infection? Journal of Hospital Infection,
69, 274-282.
103. EAKIN, E. G., REEVES, M. M., LAWLER, S. P., OLDENBURG, B., DEL MAR, C., WILKIE, K.,
SPENCER, A., BATTISTUTTA, D. & GRAVES, N. 2008. The Logan Healthy Living Program: A
cluster randomized trial of a telephone-delivered physical activity and dietary behavior
intervention for primary care patients with type 2 diabetes or hypertension from a socially
disadvantaged community - Rationale, design and recruitment. Contemporary Clinical Trials,
29, 439-454.
104. CLEMENTS, A., HALTON, K., GRAVES, N., PETTITT, A., MORTON, A., LOOKE, D. & WHITBY, M.
2008. Overcrowding and understaffing in modern health-care systems: key determinants in
meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus transmission. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 8,
427-434.
105. BARNETT, A. G., GRAVES, N., COOPER, B. S., BATRA, R. & EDGEWORTH, J. D. 2008. Hospitals
are dangerous places. Medical Journal of Australia, 189, 672..
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106. BARNETT, A. & GRAVES, N. 2008. Competing risks models and time-dependent covariates.
Critical Care, 12. (2).
107. SANDERSON, K., TILSE, E., NICHOLSON, J., OLDENBURG, B. & GRAVES, N. 2007. Which
presenteeism measures are more sensitive to depression and anxiety? Journal of Affective
Disorders, 101, 65-74.
108. HIGUERA, F., RANGEL-FRAUSTO, M. S., ROSENTHAL, V. D., SOTO, J. M., CASTAÑON, J.,
FRANCO, G., TABAL-GALAN, N., RUIZ, J., DUARTE, P. & GRAVES, N. 2007. Attributable cost
and length of stay for patients with central venous catheter-associated bloodstream
infection in Mexico City intensive care units: A prospective, matched analysis. Infection
Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 28, 31-35.
109. HALTON, K. & GRAVES, N. 2007a. Economic evaluation and catheter-related bloodstream
infections. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 13, 815-823.
110. HALTON, K. & GRAVES, N. 2007b. In response [6]. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 13(11): p.
1801.
111. GRAVES, N., WEINHOLD, D., TONG, E., BIRRELL, F., DOIDGE, S., RAMRITU, P., HALTON, K.,
LAIRSON, D. & WHITBY, M. 2007c. Effect of healthcare-acquired infection on length of
hospital stay and cost. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 28, 280-292.
112. Graves, N., et al., Factors associated with health care-acquired urinary tract infection.
American Journal of Infection Control, 2007. 35(6): p. 387-392.
113. GRAVES, N., HALTON, K. & LAIRSON, D. 2007a. Economics and preventing hospital-acquired
infection: Broadening the perspective. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 28, 178-
184.
114. GORDON, L., GRAVES, N., HAWKES, A. & EAKIN, E. 2007. A review of the cost-effectiveness
of face-to-face behavioural interventions for smoking, physical activity, diet and alcohol.
Chronic Illness, 3, 101-129.
115. GRAVES, N., MCKINNON, L., REEVES, M., SCUFFHAM, P., GORDON, L. & EAKIN, E. 2006b.
Cost-effectiveness analyses and modelling the lifetime costs and benefits of health-
behaviour interventions. Chronic Illness, 2, 97-107
116. GRAVES, N., HALTON, K., CURTIS, M., DOIDGE, S., LAIRSON, D., MCLAWS, M. & WHITBY, M.
2006a. Costs of surgical site infections that appear after hospital discharge. Emerging
Infectious Diseases, 12, 831-834.
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117. GRAVES, N., WEINHOLD, D. & ROBERTS, J. A. 2005d. Correcting for bias when estimating the
cost of hospital-acquired infection: An analysis of lower respiratory tract infections in non-
surgical patients. Health Economics, 14, 755-761.
118. GRAVES, N., MCKINNON, L., LEGGETT, B. & NEWMAN, B. 2005c. Re-interpreting the data on
the cost and effectiveness of population screening for colorectal cancer in Australia.
Australia and New Zealand Health Policy, 2.
119. GRAVES, N., BIRRELL, F. A. & WHITBY, M. 2005b. Modeling the economic losses from
pressure ulcers among hospitalized patients in Australia. Wound Repair and Regeneration,
13, 462-467.
120. GRAVES, N., BIRRELL, F. & WHITBY, M. 2005a. Effect of pressure ulcers on length of hospital
stay. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 26, 293-297.
121. GORDON, L. G., SCUFFHAM, P., BATTISTUTTA, D., GRAVES, N., TWEEDDALE, M. & NEWMAN,
B. 2005. A cost-effectiveness analysis of two rehabilitation support services for women with
breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 94, 123-133.
122. ZIEGLER, J. B. & GRAVES, N. 2004. The time to recommend antenatal HIV screening for all
pregnant women has arrived. Medical Journal of Australia, 181, 124-125.
123. GRAVES, N., WALKER, D. G., MCDONALD, A. M., KALDOR, J. M. & ZIEGLER, J. B. 2004. Would
universal antenatal screening for HIV infection be cost-effective in a setting of very low
prevalence? Modelling the data for Australia. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 190, 166-174.
124. GRAVES, N. 2004. Economics and Preventing Hospital-acquired Infection. Emerging
Infectious Diseases, 10, 561-566.
125. CURTIS, M., GRAVES, N., BIRRELL, F., WALKER, S., HENDERSON, B., SHAW, M. & WHITBY, M.
2004. A comparison of competing methods for the detection of surgical-site infections in
patients undergoing total arthroplasty of the knee, partial and total arthroplasty of hip and
femoral or similar vascular bypass. Journal of Hospital Infection, 57, 189-193.
126. GRAVES, N., NICHOLLS, T. M. & MORRIS, A. J. 2003a. Modeling the costs of hospital-acquired
infections in New Zealand. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 24, 214-223.
127. BRAMLEY, D., GRAVES, N. & WALKER, D. 2003. The cost effectiveness of universal antenatal
screening for HIV in New Zealand. AIDS, 17, 741-748.
129. BIRRELL, F., GRAVES, N., HOLLENBEAK, C. S., MURPHY, D. M., CLAIBORNE DUNAGAN, W. &
FRASER, V. J. 2003. Nonrandom selection and the attributable cost of surgical-site infections
[1] (multiple letters). Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 24, 556.
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130. Graves, N., et al., Cost data for individual patients included in clinical studies: No amount of
statistical analysis can compensate for inadequate costing methods. Health Economics,
2002. 11(8): p. 735-739.
131. Bramley, D. and N. Graves, Antenatal screening for HIV [1]. New Zealand Medical Journal,
2002. 115(1146): p. 24.
132. PLOWMAN, R., ROBERTS, J. A., GRAVES, N., GRIFFIN, M. A., COOKSON, B. & TAYLOR, L.
2001c. Adverse events in British hospitals. Hospital acquired infections consume bed days
and resources. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 322.
133. PLOWMAN, R., GRAVES, N., GRIFFIN, M. A. S., ROBERTS, J. A., SWAN, A. V., COOKSON, B. &
TAYLOR, L. 2001b. The rate and cost of hospital-acquired infections occurring in patients
admitted to selected specialties of a district general hospital in England and the national
burden imposed. Journal of Hospital Infection, 47, 198-209.
134. PLOWMAN, R., GRAVES, N., ESQUIVEL, J. & ROBERTS, J. A. 2001a. An economic model to
assess the cost and benefits of the routine use of silver alloy coated urinary catheters to
reduce the risk of urinary tract infections in catheterized patients. Journal of Hospital
Infection, 48, 33-42.
.135. NGUYEN, T. V., HILLMAN, K. M., BUIST, M. D., CHAKRAVERTY, S., WRIGHT, J., PLOWMAN, R.,
ROBERTS, J. A., GRAVES, N., GRIFFIN, M. A. S., COOKSON, B., TAYLOR, L., COLLOPY, B. T.,
MCDONALD, I. G., GRIFFITH, D., DIGGORY, P., MEHTA, A., VINCENT, C., NEALE, G.,
WOLOSHYNOWYCH, M., FERNER, R. E., ARONSON, J. K. & BEZRUCHKA, S. 2001. Adverse
events in British hospitals [2] (multiple letters). British Medical Journal, 322, 1425-1427.
136. LYNCH, J., MORRISON, J., GRAVES, N., MEDDIS, D., DRUMMOND, M. F. & HELLEWELL, J. S. E.
2001. The health economic implications of treatment with quetiapine: An audit of long-term
treatment for patients with chronic schizophrenia. European Psychiatry, 16, 307-312.
137. GRAVES, N., PLOWMAN, R. & ROBERTS, J. A. 2001. The epic project: Developing national
evidence-based guidelines for preventing healthcare associated infections [1]. Journal of
Hospital Infection, 48, 320-321.
138. VAN HASELEN, R. A., GRAVES, N. & DAHIHA, S. 1999. The costs of treating rheumatoid
arthritis patients with complementary medicine: Exploring the issue. Complementary
Therapies in Medicine, 7, 217-221.
139. PLOWMAN, R., GRAVES, N. & ROBERTS, J. 1997. Spreading costs. The Health service journal,
107
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140. GRAVES, N. 1996. What do we know about complementary medicine? What should we
know? Journal of health services research & policy, 1, 169-170.
Books & Book Chapters
1. Whole Book: GRAVES N, JARVIS W, HALTON K. Economics and Preventing Healthcare Acquired
Infection. 2009, New York. Springer Science+Business Media.
2. Book Chapter: GRAVES N, HALTON K, ROBERTUS L. Economic costs of health care associated
infections in National Surveillance of Health care Associated Infection in Australia. Australian
Commission for Safety and Quality in Healthcare, 2008.
3. Book Chapter: GRAVES N, WEINHOLD D. Complexity and the attribution of cost to hospital-
acquired infection in The Economics of Infectious Diseases. Ed Roberts JA. 2006. Oxford Uni
Press.
4. Book Chapter: GRAVES N, The cost of hospital-acquired infection, in Unit Costs of Health and
Social Care 2001, A. Netten, Editor. 2001, PSSRU, University of Kent. Canterbury.
5. Whole Book: Plowman RP, Graves N, Griffin M, et al., The Socio-economic burden of
hospital-acquired infection. 2000, London: Public Health Laboratory Service.
6. Research Monograph: Plowman RP, Graves N, Roberts JA, Hospital-Acquired Infection.
1997, London: Office of Health Economics.
7. Book Chapter: GRAVES N, Allocating overheads costs to clinical departments in a hospital, in
Costs of Health & Social Care 1996, A. Netten, Editor. 1996, PSSRU, Kent.
Newspaper Articles & Research Monographs
8. The Conversation. Reform Australian universities by cutting their bureaucracies. 18 march 2013
9. The Conversation. Six easy Ways to Improve health Services. 19 Sep 2012
10. The Conversation. Creating a stink about traffic pollution.. June 20th 2012
11. The Conversation. Fingers crossed: the role of randomness in medical research funding. June
20th 2012
12. Medical Journal of Australia: Insight Newsletter: Graves N, Barnett A. The real cost of research
cuts. Posted 18 April 2011.
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13. Newspaper Article: Clarke P, Graves N. In most forms a waste of time. The Australian. January
20th, 2010 (online version).
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10. Summary of Research Funding, since 2004
Total funding awarded is $23,567,654 with 78% from international & national competitive schemes.
ARC 3%
NHMRC 36%
Other Category 1 5%
Government 37%
Industry 11%
UK NIHR 2% CRC 3% Other 3%
Funding proportions by source
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11. Individual Grants, since 2004 Established Career Fellowships NHMRC Research Fellowship
APP1059565 Prof Nicholas Graves, Queensland University of Technology QLD
Project: Building capacity for health services research in Australia Health Services Research in
Australia $664,515
NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence
APP1030103. CIA Prof Nick Graves, CIB Prof David Paterson, CIC Prof Chris Baggoley, CID Prof
Thomas Riley, CIE Prof Graeme Robert Nimmo, CIF Dr Ben Cooper, CIG Prof Andrew Wilson, CIH
Prof Jenny Doust, CII Prof Kerrie Mengersen, CIJ Dr Martin Wolkewitz. Project: Centre for Research
Excellence in Reducing Healthcare Associated Infection. Duration: 5 Years. Budget: $2,495,795
NHMRC Partnership Grants
APP553081. CIA Prof Nick Graves, Professor Lindsay Grayson, Professor David Paterson, Dr Katie
White, Dr Nerina Jimmieson, Dr Adrian Barnett, Professor Naomi Fulop. Evaluating hand hygiene
interventions and their ability to reduce healthcare associated infection. Duration: 3 Years. Budget:
$500,000 (NMHRC) & $400,000 (ACSQHC) & $408,693 (in kind)
APP1076006. CIA Prof Nick Graves, Professor David Paterson, Dr Adrian Barnett, Dr Christian
Gericke, Professor Tom Riley, Professor Anne Gardner, Dr Lisa Hall, Dr Kate Halton, Dr Brett
Mitchell, Dr Katie Page. REACH: Researching Effective Approaches to Cleaning in Hospitals.
Duration: 3 Years. Budget: $650,000 (NMHRC) & $450,000 (Wesley Research Institute) & 50,000
Kimberly Clarke
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NHMRC Project Grants
APP1060024 Prof Nicholas Graves (QUT), Dr Stuart Kinner (U. Melbourne) Project: The cost
effectiveness of improving health and reducing offending among recently released prisoners in
Australia $320,372
APP1033030. CIA Prof Nick Graves, CIB Prof Tania Sorrell, CIC Dr Geoffrey Playford, CID A/Prof
Adrian Barnett. Project: Modelling the cost-effectiveness of therapeutic strategies for invasive
candidiasis among the ICU population. Duration: 2 Years. Budget: $276,344
APP1023735. CIA A/Prof Adrian Barnett, CIB Prof Nick Graves, CIC Prof Philip Clarke. Project:
Building an evidence base for funding evidence-based medicine. Duration: 2 Years. Budget:
$308,510
APP1027589. CIA Dr Kate Halton, CIB Dr Julie Robotham, CIC Dr Graeme Nimmo, CID A/Prof Adrian
Barnett, CIE Prof Nick Graves, CIF Mr Jeff Lipman. Project: Identifying a cost-effective approach to
MRSA control in Australia. Duration: 3 Years. Budget: $362,224
APP290505. CIA Prof Nick Graves, CIB Dr Peter Collignon, CIC Dr Michael Whitby, CID Dr Diana
Battistutta, CIE Ms Francis Birrell, CIF Prof Anthony N Pettitt, CIG Dr Martyn Tilse. Project:
Economics and preventing healthcare-acquired intravascular device blood-stream infection.
Duration: 2 Years. Budget: $117,000
APP455813. CIA Dr Elizabeth Eakin, CIB Prof Brian Oldenburg, CIC Dr Christopher Del Mar, CID Dr
Nicholas Graves. Project: Addressing Multiple Risk Factors in Primary Health and Community Care
Settings: a Cluster-Randomised Trial. Duration: 4 Years. Budget: $691751
APP455813. CIA Dr Elizabeth Eakin, CIB Dr Alison Marshall, CIC Dr David Dunstan, CID Dr Marina
Reeves, CIE Dr Nicholas Graves. Project: Living Well with Diabetes: Telephone counselling for the
maintenance of physical activity, weight loss and Glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes. Duration: 4
Years. Budget: $1,215,800
APP490018. CIA Dr Kristy Sanderson, CIB Professor Brian Oldenburg, CIC Dr Jan Nicolson, CID Dr
Nicholas Graves. Project: Depression and anxiety in working adults: the costs and outcomes of
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working while ill. Duration: 3 Years. Budget: $133,438
APP553022. CIA Dr Alison Marshall, CIE Dr Nicholas Graves. Project: Efficacy of an SMS delivered
physical activity behaviour change program for women living in a disadvantaged community.
Duration: 4 Years. Budget: $485,000
APP1008428. CIA Prof Claire Rickard, AI Dr Nicholas Graves. Project: Intravascular device
administration sets: Replacement after Standard Versus Prolonged use. Duration: 4 Years. Budget:
$1,555,305
UK National Institutes for Health Research, Health Technology Assessment Programme
CIA Dr Nicholas Graves, CIB Dr Jennie Wilson, CIC Prof Alex Sutton, CID Mr John Timperly, CIE Prof
Kerrie Mengersen, CIF, CIG Professor Ross Crawford, CIH Prof David Paterson, CIJ Dr Tony Berendt,
CIH Dr Ben Cooper, Mr David Murray, CIL Mr Graham Taylor. Project: Using evidence to reduce risk
of healthcare acquired infection following primary hip replacement. Duration: 3 Years. Budget:
$682,139.
CIA Dr Geoff Frampton, CIB Prof Jeremy Jones, CIC Prof Nicholas Graves. Project: A systematic
review and economic evaluation of the effectiveness and generality of education interventions for
preventing catheter-related bloodstream infections in critical care. Duration: 3 Years. Budget:
$400,000.
CIA Dr Ben Cooper, CIB Prof Nicholas Graves, CUC Prof John Edmunds. Project: Model-based
Evaluation and Cost-effectiveness Analysis of MRSA Intervention. Duration: 3 Years. Budget:
$519,093
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Australian Research Council
LP120100096 (LINKAGE). CIA Lindy Wilmott, CIB Ben White, CIC Cindy Gallois, CID Malcolm Parker,
CIE Nicholas Graves, CIF Sarah Winch. Project: Futile treatment at the end of life: legal, policy,
sociological and economic perspectives. Duration: 3 years Budget: $483,002.
LP0989625 (LINKAGE). CIA Helen Edwards, CIB Mary Courtney, CIC Nicholas Graves. Project:
Pathways to healing: determining effective care pathways for chronic wounds for timely healing,
prevention and cost effectiveness. Duration: 2 years. Budget: $163,180.
DP1095273 (DISCOVERY) CIA Louisa Gordon CIB Nicholas Graves (QIMR). Project: Work life after a
diagnosis of breast, prostate and colorectal cancer: Major disruption or work as usual. Duration: 2
years Budget: $240,000
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Other Competitive Funding
Project lead Title Funder Amount
Steven McPhail Dual diagnosis diabetes and cardiac
disease project - successful
ACU Research Program $1,200,000
Kate Halton Emerging Infectious diseases in the
community
AusAID. $60,000
Patsy Yates Evaluation of the role of the prostate
cancer specialist nurse: a national PCFA
pilot project
Prostate Cancer Foundation of
Australia
$500,000
Clara Chow Tobacco, EXercise and dieT Messages. Heart Foundation $130,000
Clara Chow top up funding for cost-effectiveness
analysis
BUPA $170,000
Andreas
Obermair
LACE – Laparoscopic Approach to
Carcinoma of the Endometrium. An
international multicentre randomised
Phase 3 clinical trial.
Cancer Australia $585,250
Andreas
Obermair
Post-operative enteral nutrition in
patients with advanced epithelial
ovarian cancer
National Centre for
Gynaecological Cancers and
Cancer Australia
$476,200
Janet Hou Evaluation of Hospital in Nursing Home
Program in Queensland
Queensland Emergency Medicine
Research Foundation
$297,846
Dr Louise Cullen A decision analytic cost-effectiveness
model for chest pain pathways.
Queensland Emergency Medicine
Research Foundation
$41,716
Andreas
Obermair
Post-operative Enteral Nutrition in
Patients with Advanced Epithelial
Ovarian Cancer
Wesley Research Institute $18,000
Kristy
Sanderson
Reducing the individual and societal
burden of mental health problems in
working adults
Australian Rotary Health Research
Fund
$113,800
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Funding from government agencies/other
Project lead Title Funder Amount
Michael Kimlin Applied research project to demonstrate the
effectiveness of sun protection measures
which influence high risk outdoor workers in
Queensland to adopt sun safe behaviour
practices
Health Promotion
Queensland
$800,000
Sylvia Rogers Allied Health Clinical Education Placements Queensland Health $100,000
Michael Whitby The economic cost of pressure ulcers occurring
in hospitalised patients
Queensland Health $75,000
Beth Newman Economic analysis and strategies for
population based colorectal cancer screening
Queensland Health $60,000
Nicholas Graves The Economics of Preventing Healthcare
Acquired Infection.
Queensland Health $60,000
Nicholas Graves The economics of surgical site infection among
total hip replacement.
Queensland Health $46,000
MaryLou
Fleming
Evaluation of all diabetes prevention activities
in Australia
DoHA, Canberra $132,580
Jon Adams The economics of Complimentary Medicine University of Queensland $75,000
Geoffrey
Playford
Preventing Invasive Candidiasis among ICU
patients.
Merck Pharmaceuticals $30,000
Nicholas Graves The costs of blood stream infection in three
countries.
Baxter Pharmaceutical $37,000
Nicholas Graves The epidemiology and Economics of Chronic
Wounds
Wound CRC & Phoenix eagle $120,000
Stefan Harbarth The Burden of Bloodstream Infections caused
by Multi-resistant Bacteria (MRSA, ESBL) in
European Hospitals
Pfizer $459,539
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12. International Invitations
1. "Using cost-effectiveness information to drive innovation among health services." The
Eastern Health Alliance Scientific Meeting 2015. Venue would be at Changi General Hospital
and St. Andrew’s Community Hospital.
2. ."Using economics to drive innovations for infection prevention" the Eastern Health Alliance
Scientific Meeting 2015. Venue would be at Changi General Hospital and St. Andrew’s
Community Hospital.
3. Randomness and high cost for funding outcomesThe Inaugural Reward/ Equator Conference
30th September 2015
4. Infection Prevention 2015, Arena and Convention Centre Liverpool United Kingdom, “Are we
worth it…?” 28th September 2015
5. ICAAC/ ICAAC/ICC San Diego California 21st September-25thSeptember. It’s not all about
hand hygiene. Invited speaker in plenary session; debate with Didier Pittet.
6. Chariet School of Public health and Charite Infection prevention service. The economics of
the Australian hand Hygiene Programme 21st May 2015
7. University of Ulm. “The economics of the Australian hand Hygiene Programme”
8. Infectious Diseases economics at University Freiburg. “High cost and random funding
outcomes in Australia” 18th May 2015
9. IHPI. The economics of the Australian hand Hygiene Programme
10. Stanford. High cost and random funding outcomes in Australia 16-18th March 2015
11. School of Public Health University of Michigan. Using economics for health services decision
making 6th March 2015
12. University of Utah. Making decisions or testing hypotheses, priorities for health services 23rd
-28th February 2015
13. Cleveland Clinic. The economics of the Australian hand Hygiene Programme 6th February
2015
14. Stamford Talk 18th March 2015. Randomness and high cost for funding outcomes for the
METRICS group
15. University of Ohio. The economics of the Australian hand Hygiene Programme
16. Columbia University. The economics of the Australian hand Hygiene Programme
17. PCORI in Washing DC. High cost and random funding outcomes in Australia
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18. Invited: J&J/ASP Global Advisory Board California United States4-6th June 2014
19. Invited Speaker: Decolonization and Reconstitution: Who, What, Where, Why? - Economic
evaluation of decolonization strategies. ID Week 2013, San Francisco, California, USA,
October 2013.
20. Invited Speaker. ICAAC 2013 to be held from 10-13 September 2013 in Denver, Colorado,
USA. Health economics of gram-negative resistance.
21. Invited Speaker: APEC High-Level Policy Dialogue on Healthcare Associated Infections.
Medan, Indonesia, July 2013.
22. Invited Speaker. 2nd International Conference on Prevention & Infection Control Geneva,
Switzerland (25 to 28 June 2013). Surgical Site Infections; Cost-benefit of interventions.
23. Invited Speaker. 2nd International Conference on Prevention & Infection Control Geneva,
Switzerland (25 to 28 June 2013). Cost evaluation of the Australian hand hygiene campaign.
24. Invited Speaker. 2nd International Conference on Prevention & Infection Control Geneva,
Switzerland (25 to 28 June 2013). Principles of health economics applied to infection control
and antimicrobial resistance.
25. Keynote Speaker. ASP/JJ Global Infection Prevention Advisory Board., Evaluating the
Landscape of Current Global Standards & Policies for Infection Prevention and Prioritization
of Movement Forward. San Diego USA, February 2013.
26. Keynote Speaker. J&J Medical Infection Prevention Summit. The Importance of Economic
Analysis in Supporting Infection Prevention and Control Investments. Singapore October 4th
2012.
27. Invited Speaker: Applied examples in Infection Prevention and Control Interventions: Real-
world economic studies – hand hygiene, surgical site infections. J&J Medical Infection
Prevention Summit. Singapore, October, 2012.
28. Keynote Speaker Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) High-Level Workshop on
Healthcare-Associated Infections. Manilla, 24 July 2012.
29. Invited Plenary Speaker. The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Florida.
Health-Economic Analysis in Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention. April 13 - 16,
2012. 5,000 delegates.
30. Invited Speaker. The 5th International Congress of the Asia Pacific Society of Infection
Control (APSIC). Melbourne, Australia. 8 to 11 November 2011.
31. Invited Keynote Speaker. The Inaugural Pan Pacific Pressure Ulcer and Venous Leg Ulcer
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Forum. Canberra. 15-17 October 2011.
32. Keynote Speaker Colloquium of Medical Biometry. Institute of Medical Biometry and
Medical Informatics, University of Freiburg. 4th July 2011
33. Invited Speaker. International Conference on Prevention & Infection Control (ICPIC) 2011.
Geneva. June 30th 2011 (2,000 delegates)
34. Invited Plenary Speaker. The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Orlando,
2008. Bias and estimating costs of HAI – overestimates are a false economy. 3,000
delegates.
35. Invited Keynote. Baxter Pharmaceuticals in Orlando, Florida in April 2008. Risks of catheter
related blood stream infection. International Advisory Group.
36. Invited Plenary Speaker. 46th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and
Chemotherapy, San Francisco, 2006. How much do infections cost? 10,000 delegates
37. Invited Keynote. All School Colloquium at Texas Medical Center and Rice University, Texas,
2006. Economics and preventing healthcare-acquired infection.
38. Invited Keynote. Infection Control in New Zealand, Hamilton, 2002. What is point ‘x’ and
how do we get there. Using economics for infection control.
39. Invited Keynote. Middlemore Hospital Medical grand Round, Auckland. 2001 Economic
Analyses for healthcare-acquired infection.
13. Domestic Invitations
1. Keynote Children’s Talk 11th December 2015. Economics, Decision Making and Health
Services Research
2. Keynote Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand conference,
Melbourne, “Economic for implementation of better services – or for other purposes? A
case study of Hand Hygiene and others” Tuesday 8th December 2015
3. Keynote Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand conference,
Melbourne, “Using economics data as part of an implementation strategy” Tuesday 8th
December 2015
4. Keynote Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) conference,
Hobart “Cost-effectiveness and managing invasive candidiasis” Tuesday 24th
November2015
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5. Keynote Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) conference,
Hobart, “Economic Considerations” Tuesday 24th November2015
6. Keynote Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) conference,
Hobart, “Minimising bad decision in infection control” Monday 23rd November2015
7. Keynote West Moreton Research Symposium “Generating evidence to improve the value for
money of health services” 27th October 2015
8. West Moreton Research Symposium “The role of clinician academics” 27th October 2015
9. QIMR talk “Scarcity, decision making and health service research” 26 August 2015
10. CHE Seminar Monash University Melbourne “High cost and random funding outcomes in
Australia” 5th August 2015
11. Invited Speaker: Victorian Infectious Diseases Service at Doherty Institute, Melbourne, “Was
the national hand hygiene intervention worthwhile. Results of a cost-effectiveness analysis.”
11 December 2014
12. Invited Presenter: The Health Round Table Melbourne 14th November 2014
13. Invited Presenter: NHMRC Symposium “Designing useful research for decision makers”
Melbourne, 13th November 2014
14. Invited Speaker: Global Café G20 Deep Dive session “Less biomedical research more health
services research” November 2014
15. Invited speaker: A New Era in Clinical Mathematics Workshop Brisbane “Real world health-
food for thought” 7 October 2014
16. Invited Speaker: Queensland Orthopedic Nurses Special Interest Group Fractured
Conference 2014, Brisbane “What economics can tell us about Orthopedics?” 26-27th
September 2014.
17. Keynote Speaker: Research for the Real World Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich. “Real world health-
food for thought” 18th September 2014
18. Invited Speaker : The Australian Sociological Association. Sydney at the National Library of
NSW, Panel Discussion “The threat of antibiotic resistance in Australia” 17th of September
2014
19. Keynote Speaker: Preventing Controlling Infection Novotel Sydney Central Key note “How to
implement a cost effective framework to fight infection?” 17-18th September 2014,
20. Invited Speaker: Catholic Health Australia National Conference Sydney. “Scarcity, decision-
making and health services research”. 25th August 2014
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21. Speaker: PA Health Symposium, Health Research Alliance in transformation Care, Brisbane.
“Getting better care-how economics helps” 7th August 2014
22. Invited Speaker: Asia Pacific Business Process Management Conference QUT Gardens Point,
Brisbane “The costs of getting it wrong in health services” 3-4July 2014
23. Invited Chairperson: Australian Wound Management Association National Conference 2014,
GOLD Coast Session “Research and Policy” 13-15 June 2014-
24. Invited Speaker: Intensive Care Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting in Brisbane, “Are
decision makers rational and risk neutral when it comes to using the results of cost-
effectiveness studies. 13-15 June 2014
25. Invited Keynote Speaker: Deeble Institute Post Budget Forum Old Government house QUT,
Brisbane,. “Who care about the cost-effectiveness in Australian health service” 22nd May
2014
26. Invited Speaker: Economics of Wound Management. Australian Wound Management
Conference Association National Conference 2014, Gold Coast Convention Centre, Gold
Coast, Australia, 8 May 2014
27. Invited speaker: Scarcity, decision making and health services research. 2nd Meeting of
Minds Forum, Diamantina Health Partners 2014, TRI, Brisbane, Australia 1 May 2014
28. Invited keynote speaker: Scarcity, decision-making and health services research. Private
Healthcare Australia Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 28 November 2013.
29. Invited keynote speaker: Economics and Hand Hygiene. Health Care Associated Infection-
More New Tricks for old dogs, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia, 22 November 2013
30. Invited Speaker: Health and Services Research Day, Nambour General Hospital, Nambour,
Queensland Australia, 30 October2013
31. Invited Speaker: Evidence for how we fund research. Medical Faculty and NHMRC funded
Researchers. University Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 21 October2013
32. Invited Speaker: A beginners guide to cost effectiveness analysis. Allied Health Conference.
RBWH. Brisbane Queensland, Australia 17 October 2013
33. Invited Speaker: Evaluating the National Hand Hygiene Initiative – The Final Results. ACIPC,
Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia, September–October 2013.
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34. Keynote Speaker: Bad Decisions Kill People. Medico-Legal Society of Queensland
Conference. Gold Coast, Australia, September, 2013.
35. Invited Speaker. Medico-Legal Society of Queensland. Ethics and Economics in Healthcare.
6th July 2013. Gold Coast
36. Invited Speaker: Leading in a time of change: Clinical Innovations. Inaugural Queensland
Medical Directors’ Conference, Brisbane, Australia, May 2013.
37. Invited Speaker: Meeting of Minds: Delivering excellence through integration of research,
education and care. Cost & QALY – where health economics informs trauma. Diamatina
Health Partners Symposium. Brisbane, Australia, May 2013.
38. Invited Speaker. Queensland Innovation in Government Public Sector Leaders’ Forum. 8th
April 2013, Brisbane, Australia.
39. Invited Speaker: Peer Review – Faster, better, cheaper. Ideas to improve the selection of
NHMRC project grants for funding. NHMRC Symposium. Canberra, Australia, February 2013.
40. Invited Speaker. NHMRC 20th to 21st February 2013, Canberra. Evolutions in peer review:
Decision making strategies for the best return on investment of public funds.
41. Invited Speaker: Developing Health Services Research in QLD. Gold Coast Health and
Medical Research Conference. Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia, November 2012.
42. Invited Speaker: Hand Hygiene Symposium 2012. Brisbane, Australia, November, 2012.
43. Keynote Speaker: Health Services Research and Health Economics Evaluations for Allied
Health Practice. Townsville Health Research Week, Townsville, Queensland, Australia,
October 2012.
44. Invited Speaker: Building, Balancing, Believing and Beyond - Evaluation of the national hand
hygiene programme. Australian ACIPC National Conference 2012. Sydney, Australia,
October, 2012.
45. Invited Speaker: Building, Balancing, Believing and Beyond - Research priorities for infection
prevention and control. Australian ACIPC National Conference 2012. Sydney, Australia,
October, 2012.
46. Keynote Speaker. Australian Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control
Conference, 8 – 11 October 2012, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre.
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47. Keynote Speaker. Population Health Congress 2012. How are translational research and
knowledge transfer shaping the future of population health? Population Health Congress
2012. Adelaide, Australia, September, 2012.
48. Invited Speaker: The process for allocating NHMRC project grants; and the strange
organisation of Universities. Mater Medical Research Institute. Brisbane, Australia, August
2012.
49. Invited Speaker. Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. Two issues relevant to how new knowledge
is generated: the process for allocating NHMRC project grants; and the strange organisation
of Universities. 29 February 2012.
50. Invited Speaker. University Of Wollongong. How we generate new knowledge: allocating
research funding and the strange organisation of universities.
51. Invited Speaker. Menzies Research Institute Tasmania. Institute Seminar on emerging Health
Services Research capacity in QLD. 29th September 2011.
52. Invited Speaker. 5TH Annual AMREP World Health Day Conference. Global Health Challenges:
A Focus on Infectious Disease. Melbourne. April 2011.
53. Invited Keynote Speaker. Tasmanian Infection Control Association (TICA). Wrest Point
Hobart. 29-30 September 2011.
54. Invited Speaker. Tasmanian Infection Control Association (TICA). Wrest Point Hobart. 29-30
September 2011.
55. Invited Speaker. Australasia/South east Asia Hand Hygiene Collaborative Inaugural
Workshop (ASEAHHC). Palm Cove, Queensland from Friday 18 to Saturday 19 June 2010.
56. Invited Speaker. HERMES meeting. NHMRC Capacity Building group for Health Economics.
University of Sydney & The George Institute. 25th March 2010.
57. Invited Speaker. The Health of our Grandchildren; celebrating the work of Dr Tony Morton.
QUT, 28th April, 2010.
58. Invited Plenary Speaker. AICA 2010 Infection Control Odyssey Conference 4 - 6 October
2001, Perth Western Australia. Evaluating the hospital based intervention to improve hand
hygiene compliance among Australian health care workers.
59. Invited Plenary Speaker. Health Promotion Queensland. Brisbane in November 2008. The
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cost-effectiveness of changing diet and physical activity behaviour.
60. Invited Plenary Speaker. National Infection Control conference AICA 2008, Melbourne in
October 2008. The perils of aiming at zero, an economic perspective.
61. Invited Plenary Speaker. Emerging Infectious Diseases Meeting, Sydney, 2007. How can
economics improve infection control?
62. Keynote Speaker. Victorian Infection Control Conference, Melbourne, 2005. Getting more
buck! How economic arguments can be used for infection-control.
63. Invited Plenary Speaker. Australian Infection Control Association, Hobart, 2004. The
economic cost of healthcare-acquired-infection in Australia: some preliminary results.
64. Invited Keynote. Kimberly Clark, Noosa, 2006. Economics and adverse events in hospital.
14. Conference papers
1. International Health Economics Association 8th World Congress. The time-dependent bias and
its effect on extra length of stay due to nosocomial infection. Toronto. 10-13th July 2011.
2. 16th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Chicago,
2006. Addressing bias from endogenous variables when estimating the costs of healthcare-
acquired infection.
3. Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health, Brisbane, 2004. Should every pregnant
woman in Australia be offered an HIV test? Characterising the uncertainty around cost-
effectiveness with probabilistic decision modelling.
4. Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control, Singapore, 2004. Correcting for bias when estimating
the cost of hospital-acquired infection: an analysis of lower respiratory tract infections in non-
surgical patients.
5. Infection Control Practitioners of Queensland, Gold Coast, 2003. Economics and healthcare-
acquired infection.
6. Australian Health Economics Association, Sydney, 2002. Correcting for bias when estimating the
cost of hospital-acquired infection:
7. Association of New Zealand Economists Conference, Christchurch, 2001. Costing methods for
economic evaluation.
8. British Association of Day Surgery Conference, Harrogate, 1998. The socio-economic burdens of
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day surgery.
9. Meeting of Canadian Infectious Diseases Doctors, Ottowa, 1997. Methodological issues in the
assessment of healthcare-acquired infection.
10. Health Economists Study Group, Aberdeen, 1996. A linear programming model for allocating
hospital overheads.
11. International Health Economics Association, Vancouver, 1996. Assessing the economics of
hospital infection.
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15 Higher Degree supervision
Current Students
Principle supervisor Shameshwin Naidoo Economic analysis of rapid diagnostic and drug susceptibility testing
for tuberculosis in the Queensland health system.
Patricia O’Gorman Cost-effectiveness and orthopaedics
David Brain An economic evaluation of interventions for Clostridium difficile transmission prevention
Elizabeth Martin An economic evaluation of interventions to prevent post-caesarean surgical site infections
Victoria McCreanor Evaluating the drivers and implications of over-intervention in health care in Australia, using cardiac surgical interventions as a case study
Yupin Crawford The impact on patient outcomes and cost of service provision of implementing Venous Thromboembolism prevention policies
Mentoring Supervisor
Michelle Allen Development of an Environmental Cleaning Bundle for Australian Hospitals
Sonali Coulter An economic evaluation of Antimicrobial Stewardship programs in Australian hospitals
Fernando Garcia Jnr An economic evaluation of multi-parasite control strategies in the Philippines
Samantha Gardiner Chronic wet cough: aetiologies and the economic burden of disease in children
Gregory Merlo Using economic evaluation to inform infection control policy decisions in Australia
Elaine Lum
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Associate Supervisor
Piotr Swierkowsk Stochastic Statistical Analysis of Patient-Level Hospital Costs
Phillip Russo Identification of evidence based recommendations for national healthcare associated infection surveillance systems in Australia
Dimity Stephens Putting a price on climate change: The health and economic costs of increases in infectious diseases in Queensland due to climate change
Anisa Rowhani-Farid Which model, open scientific collaboration or commercialization, is more effective at contributing to the advancement of scientific knowledge?
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Completed students
Nantasit Luangasanatip Cost-effectiveness of hospital infection control interventions in limited resource settings
Quynh Anh Nguyen ~ Community level interventions for primary health
Belinda Burrows #
An economic evaluation of alternate models of antenatal HIV screening for upper middle income countries - a US Virgin islands case study
Emily Ford The Economics of Complimentary and Alternative Medicine; Hawthorn extract for heart failure
Daniela Solomon The Economics of Complimentary and Alternative Medicine; St Johns Wort for depression
Gina Clare Economics and decision-making for the Queensland Health blood service.
Kate Halton ^
Setting hospital infection control policy: a decision-making framework incorporating health economics and healthcare epidemiology
Alexis Stockwell Clinical Practice Improvement Payment (CPIP) in Queensland Health: does it improve the quality of health care?
Jim Zhao# Maternal and neonatal health in China
# Proposed for University Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award
^ Awarded University Outstanding Doctoral Thesis
^ Awarded best thesis for 2009, School of Public Health
+ Awarded Dean's commendation for outstanding thesis in 2008
~ Awarded Prime Minister's Australia-Asia Endeavour Award
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16. Editorial Boards and Peer Review
Section editor
BMC Health Services Research (2009-11)
Member of editorial board
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Healthcare Infections, The Journal of
Multidisciplinary Healthcare and Clinical Audit
National peer-review, research grants
NHMRC panel member Research Fellowship 2014
NHMRC panel member project grants 2006, 2009 and 2011; NHMRC Project Grants external
reviews 2004-09; Diabetes Australia Research Trust.
International peer-review, research grants
Member of the College of Experts for National Institutes for Health Research (Service
Delivery & Organisation), England & Wales; Oxford Biomedical Research Centre; National
Institutes for Health Research, Health Technology Assessment, England & Wales; NHS
Quality Improvement, Health Technology Assessment, Scotland; Health Research Board,
Health Services Research, Ireland.
Journals peer review
Approximately 40 manuscripts per year for these journals: BMJ, Social Science & Medicine,
AIDS, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Statistics In Medicine, PlosONE, Health Affairs, Medical
Care, Health Economics, Value in Health, Archives of Internal Medicine, Journal of Health
Services Research & Policy, Inquiry, Intensive Care Medicine, Journal of Affective Disorders,
Critical Care, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health and the Journal of Internal
Medicine.
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17. Professional service
NHMRC Project Grant Review Panel 2006 – ongoing.
Member of Health Promotion Queensland, which allocates $2-3M per year for research and service improvement projects.
I run short courses in Health Economics at IHBI under the research methods group
Member and board member of Statistical Society of Australia (SSAI)
Member Society for Healthcare Epidemiology Association of America (SHEA)
Board member of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium
Member panel of Health Economists for Commonwealth Government of Australia
Expert for the National Council for Safety & Quality in Health Care, Australia
Provided advice to a number of commercial healthcare firms, including Eli Lilley (Global), Johnson & Johnson (Australia), Baxter Pharmaceuticals (Global), Merck Pharmaceuticals (Global), Catheter Connections (Global), Glaxo SmithKline Beecham (Global), Phoenix Eagle (Australia) and Prevnitech (UK)
18. Service at QUT
Director of post-graduate admissions for School of Public Health. I screen and vet all potential post-graduate research applicants to the PhD and Research Masters programmes at SPH
I sit on panels for all stages of the PhD process including confirmation panels and final examination panels, approximately 6 per year
Reviewer for ECR/MCR grants scheme HHWB domain 2010 round
I am a member of the IHBI HHWB domain steering group; we manage the domain research budget
I am a member of the Public Health Research Advisory Committee; we manage the School of Public Health Research Budget
I have represented QUT at meetings with the Commonwealth Government (e.g. an evaluation of a Diabetes Prevention Initiative)
I have run seminars on research in Health Economics for groups visiting from Vietnam, China and Thailand
I also present research seminars for IHBI/SPH staff as well as for the Bayesian Research Analysis Group at the School of Mathematical Sciences
I deliver three guest lectures for PUN640 each year which makes up one module of the unit and supervise the completion of one assignment. I use my research experience during these lectures and spend time on how research can be used to inform decision-making in health care.
I review research grant applications for other members of staff at QUT (six for 2006/07 round) and manuscripts for journals. I also provide staff mentoring and supervision of project staff.
19. General Service
I have been interviewed on numerous occasions for local and national print, radio and television media about my research. Channel Nine News ran an extended feature on screening pregnant
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women for HIV infection. This was based on my research and I was featured in the broadcast article. I enjoy the opportunity to communicate research findings accurately and concisely to a lay audience.
I have addressed local professional groups such as the Infection Control Practitioners of Queensland, Queensland Cancer Fund and participated in an ACHSE-sponsored tele-broadcast on my research which was broadcast to all Queensland Health facilities.