MrKittiphong Thiboonboon

Kittiphong is a research fellow at the Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation (CHERE). He earned his master’s degree in health economics from the University of York in the UK and a PhD in health economics from the University of Technology Sydney.

Kittiphong provides technical support in evaluating various methods used in pharmaceutical and medical device submissions (groups of clinical and economic evidence) submitted to government bodies, including the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) and the Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC) in Australia, as well as the Agency for Care Effectiveness (ACE) in Singapore. He is experienced in a range of methodologies, including decision analytical modelling in healthcare, survival analysis, indirect comparison, meta-analysis, and treatment-switching adjustment. His PhD thesis focused on using microsimulation to assess the potential impact of a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Thailand. 

An AI enthusiast, Kittiphong actively explores the use of artificial intelligence to enhance health technology assessment processes. In 2024, together with colleagues from the Faculty of Engineering and IT (FEIT) and the Faculty of Law at UTS, he led the development of a successful proposal and was awarded the UTS Collaboration Grant to develop Australia’s first AI assistant for drug evaluation: Applying Generative AI in Pharmaceutical Evaluation in Australia: Developing a Conversational AI Assistant.