Rachael Morton
Associate Professor
Health Economics
University of Sydney
Australia
Biography
Rachael Morton is Associate Professor and Director of health economics at the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney. She specialises in trial-based and modelled economic evaluation, and elicitation of patient preferences using discrete choice experiments. Her research incorporates patient-centred and economic outcomes into clinical trials of diagnostic tests, new treatments and models of care to facilitate policy decision-making on the basis of cost-effectiveness.
Research Interest
A/Professor Morton’s research interests include the health economics of melanoma, and chronic kidney disease. She also has an interest in health equity in disadvantaged populations both in Australia and overseas. Her methodological interests include systematic reviews of economic evidence, assessment of test evaluation and monitoring, measurement of quality of life and wellbeing, and end-of-life care.
Publications
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Webster, A., Nagler, E., Morton, R., Masson, P. (2017). Chronic Kidney Disease. The Lancet, 389(10075), 1238-1252.
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Luckett, T., Spencer, L., Morton, R., Pollock, C., Lam, L., Silvester, W., Sellars, M., Detering, K., Butow, P., Tong, A., Clayton, J. (2017). Advance care planning in chronic kidney disease: A survey of current practice in Australia. Nephrology, 22(2), 139-149.
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Smit, A., Espinoza, D., Newson, A., Morton, R., Fenton, G., Freeman, L., Dunlop, K., Butow, P., Law, M., Kimlin, M., Kirk, J., Mann, G., Cust, A., et al (2017). A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of the Feasibility, Acceptability, and Impact of Giving Information on Personalized Genomic Risk of Melanoma to the Public. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 26(2), 212-221.
