Philip Clarke
Professor
Department of Physics
Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity
China
Biography
Professor Philip Clarke joined the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne in February 2012 as the Chair in Health Economics. Previously, Prof Clarke was the A/Prof at the Sydney School of Public Health. Prof Clarke previously 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.
Research Interest
Health economics, Diabetic Medicine, Social Sciences
Publications
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Alexander Sutherland: A Forgotten Pioneer of Health Economics in Australia?. Australian Economic Review. 49. 2016
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A randomized-controlled trial of high- or low-volume intravenous Plasma-Lyte((R)) to prevent hypotension during sedation for colonoscopy. Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia. 63. 2016
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A randomized trial of fellowships for early career researchers finds a high reliability in funding decisions. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 69. 2016
