- Health economic simulation models
- Health inequalities
- Improving access to health care
Professor Philip Clarke
PhD, M.Ec, B.Ec
Professor Philip Clarke joined the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne in February 2012 as the Chair in Health Economics and from 2018, is the Director of Health Economics Research Centre at the University of Oxford. Previously, Prof Clarke was the A/Prof at the Sydney School of Public Health and has spent six years engaged in health economic research at the University of Oxford. His research in Oxford focused on the economic analysis of the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) – a landmark trial of policies to improve the management of people with Type 2 diabetes.
His health economic research interests include developing methods to value the benefits of improving access to health care, health inequalities and the use of simulation models in health economic evaluation. He has also undertaken policy relevant research for the World Bank, OECD, AusAID and DoHA.
He has over 80 peered review publications and has recently contributed to books on cost-effectiveness analysis and cost-benefit analysis published by Oxford University Press.
OTHER KEY ROLES
The University of Melbourne: Professor
Health Economics Research Centre, Oxford University: Director