MsElena Meshcheriakova
Research Fellow
INSIGHT Cntr for Health Economics Research & Evaluation
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BIO
Elena Meshcheriakova is a Research Fellow with the Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation (CHERE) at the University of Technology Sydney. She joined CHERE in 2014, and received her doctoral degree in Health Economics in 2023.
Her main areas of interest are in health technology assessment, economic evaluations and the discrete choice experiments in consumer and patient choice.
In her PhD thesis she investigated the impact of ‘brand premiums’ on consumer preferences for prescription medicines and suggested evidence-driven policies that reduce prescription costs to the government in Australia.
“It’s important to understand what drives consumer preference to purchase generic medicines compared to branded medicines, where the cost can vary,” she said.
Since 2014, she has worked on the evaluation of new pharmaceutical drugs for PBAC, assessing the drugs on clinical, economic, financial factors.
“This is important work because the Australian public should benefit from newly available treatments,” she said.
Before joining CHERE, Elena worked in the health policy area at ACT Health (ACT Government).
Her main areas of interest are in health technology assessment, economic evaluations and the discrete choice experiments in consumer and patient choice.
In her PhD thesis she investigated the impact of ‘brand premiums’ on consumer preferences for prescription medicines and suggested evidence-driven policies that reduce prescription costs to the government in Australia.
“It’s important to understand what drives consumer preference to purchase generic medicines compared to branded medicines, where the cost can vary,” she said.
Since 2014, she has worked on the evaluation of new pharmaceutical drugs for PBAC, assessing the drugs on clinical, economic, financial factors.
“This is important work because the Australian public should benefit from newly available treatments,” she said.
Before joining CHERE, Elena worked in the health policy area at ACT Health (ACT Government).
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY APPOINTMENTS
- Research FellowUniversity of Technology Sydney, Business, Sydney, AustraliaApr 2014 - present
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Policy OfficerAct Health, ACT Government Health Directorate, Canberra, AustraliaJun 2011 - Apr 2014
- Acting Senior Policy OfficerAct Health, Government Relations and Health Reform Unit, Canberra, AustraliaJun 2013 - Aug 2013
- Research AssistantNetherlands Institute for Health Services Research, Utrecht, NetherlandsNov 2010 - Feb 2011
- Research AssistantNetherlands Institute for Health Services Research, Utrecht, NetherlandsJan 2010 - Apr 2010
DEGREES
- PhD, Health EconomicsUniversity of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia2023
- MSc, Health Economics, Policy and LawErasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands2011
- BSc, Economics and LawUtrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
PROFILE TYPE
- Academic