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Health Economics in Practice - New Designs, AI and Sustainable Spending webinar - 5 March 2026

Discover how innovative methods, digital data and AI are transforming economic evaluation and sustainable health spending.

What drives sustainable health spending? How are innovative trial designs, emerging analytical methods, and digital era evidence transforming economic evaluation and policy? And is AI ready to play a meaningful role in health economic evaluation? These are some of the key questions our presenters will unpack in our Health Economics in Practice webinar. Join us to hear from leading experts from The University of Queensland, Griffith University, and the Queensland University of Technology as they explore how new research methods, advanced analytics, and technological innovations are reshaping the future of economic evaluation and health policy.

Event details

Date: Thursday 5 March 2026

Time: 12:30pm – 13:30pm (AEST-QLD)

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Presenters

This session brings together four leading experts in health economics.

• Associate Professor Jean Spinks (Chair) - The University of Queensland
  Jean’s work focuses on primary care challenges including needs-based workforce planning, culturally appropriate and accessible care, quality improvement, and digital innovation. She serves on the Economics Sub Committee of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee, providing expertise on clinical and economic evaluations of medicines.

• Professor Joshua Byrnes - Griffith University
  Joshua’s research expertise centres on the design and analysis of studies for the purpose of measuring and demonstrating value in health. He has significantly impacted and influenced policy, practice and funding decisions in the Australian health system.

• Professor Luke Connelly - The University of Queensland
  Luke’s research interests include health service innovations to improve the health of people with chronic kidney disease, the economics of disability and insurance, compensable injury compensation schemes, and the determinants of health. He has served on several public committees, including the Medical Services Advisory Committee.

• Professor Steven McPhail - Queensland University of Technology
  Steven is a health economist, clinical trialist, health services researcher and former clinician who works at the intersection of health economics, implementation science and health policy. He is the Director of the Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation and the Centre for Healthcare Transformation.

More information

For more information about this webinar please email events@healthtranslationqld.org.au