DrKathleen Manipis

Kathleen is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation (CHERE) at the University of Technology Sydney. Her personal research looks at the economic consequences, both individual and societal, of diseases such as foodborne illness and respiratory infections. Her PhD explored the relationship between health and productivity, and the implications on health policy, using discrete choice experiments and economic evaluation methods.

At CHERE, Kathleen is a member of the economic evaluation group and provides appraisal of pharmaceutical and vaccine industry submissions to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC), and health technology assessments for the Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC), and for the Agency for Care Effectiveness, Ministry of Health, Singapore. Kathleen was employed in the pharmaceutical industry for 10 years prior to working in academia, in the fields of health economics and clinical research. Kathleen has worked on various commissioned projects including preparation of Health Technology Assessment reports for submission to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC), Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC), and the Pharmaceutical Management Agency (PHARMAC) in New Zealand, and study design, conduct and reporting of observational studies, and data collection and management of randomised controlled trials.