Associate ProfessorLan Gao
Associate Professor
Faculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development/Institute for Health Transformation
Orcid identifier0000-0001-9734-1140 (opens in a new tab)
- Associate ProfessorFaculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development/Institute for Health Transformation
- +61 3 924 45533 (Work)
- Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research interest entails the application, development, and refinement of health economics methods to assess the cost-effectiveness of health technologies targeting stroke treatment and CVD prevention to inform policy decision-making. My unique and advanced skillsets in both medicine and health economics have facilitated my application of both clinical and health economics thinking to address economics questions relating to primary and secondary prevention of CVD. I am also interested in simulation studies and linkage data analysis to answer policy-pertinent questions.
GRANTS
- GRANTGut theRapy for the Alleviation of Chronic pElvic pain: The GRACE Trial1 Jan 2026 - 30 Nov 2028People funded by this grant:
- McGuinness A,
- El-Omar E,
- Jacka F,
- El-Assaad F,
- Druitt M
- CONTRACT RESEARCHTranslating mental health peer support into practice for consumers in rural and regional emergency departments: feasibility and pilot testing11 Sep 2025 - 11 Sep 2026People funded by this grant:
- Namara KM,
- Shee AW,
- Malakellis M,
- Berk M,
- Schlicht K
- CONTRACT RESEARCHCity of Casey's Health & Wellbeing Household Survey17 Jun 2025 - 16 Dec 2025People funded by this grant:
- Kavanagh S,
- Nguyen D,
- Gao L
- GRANTZenZone: A randomised placebo-controlled trial of fermented dairy for adolescent depression.1 Jun 2025 - 31 May 2027People funded by this grant:
- GRANTZenZone: A randomised placebo-controlled trial of fermented dairy for adolescent depression.1 Jun 2025 - 31 May 2027People funded by this grant:
- GRANTValidation of the EQ-HWB-S for measuring the health and wellbeing of informal carers1 Oct 2024 - 30 Jun 2026People funded by this grant:
- Gao L,
- Engel L,
- McCaffrey N,
- Rand S,
- Finch A
- GRANTRandomized controlled trial of thrombectomy versus standard medical therapy for stroke with medium sized vessel occlusion: Frontier-AP1 Jul 2024 - 30 Jun 2029People funded by this grant:
- Phan T,
- Yan B,
- Mitchell P,
- Ma H,
- Churilov L
- FELLOWSHIPEnhancing care for blood cancer patients in Australia: unpacking workforce requirement, burden of disease, and care pathway24 Jun 2024 - 23 Jun 2028People funded by this grant:
- Lan Gao
- GRANTPathways of Influence through the Gut Microbiome in Post-Acute COVID-19 Sequelae: The RECOVERy Study1 Jun 2024 - 31 May 2026People funded by this grant:
- McGuinness A,
- Jacka F,
- El-Omar E,
- Dudley J,
- Berk M
- GRANTRevolutionising sarcopenia care for people living with cancer: Establishing effective screening and referral pathways into evidence-based treatment in rural and specialist cancer services1 Mar 2024 - 29 Feb 2028People funded by this grant:
- Kiss N,
- Bauer J,
- Prado C,
- Alston L,
- Hutchinson A
- GRANTImplementation of intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) service for brain metastasis in North Queensland4 Jan 2024 - 3 Jan 2026People funded by this grant:
- Gao L,
- Squire T,
- Joshi A,
- Lyle M,
- Vaughn K
- CONTRACT RESEARCHCARER HUB: A CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN CANCER CARER RESEARCH, TRANSLATION & IMPACT22 Aug 2023 - 28 Aug 2026People funded by this grant:
- GRANTPost-thrombectomy intra-arterial tenecteplase for Acute manaGement of Non-retrievable thrombus and no-reflow in Emergent Stroke (EXTEND-AGNES TNK)1 Aug 2023 - 31 Jul 2029People funded by this grant:
- Ng F,
- Campbell B,
- Mitchell P,
- Churilov L,
- Kleinig T
- CONTRACT RESEARCHExamining incidence, prevalence, and Burden of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in Australia.12 Jul 2022 - 31 Jan 2023People funded by this grant:
- Gao L,
- Nguyen D
- GRANTMagnetic Resonance imaging outcomes in the Colchicine After Stroke to Prevent Event Recurrence (MR-CASPER) trial1 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 2027People funded by this grant:
- Parsons M,
- Brodtmann A,
- Bivard A,
- Keech A,
- Vagal A
- TENDERWorkforce impact modelling for the early design and feasibility of a potential Lung Cancer Screening program.30 Mar 2022 - 30 Jun 2022People funded by this grant:
- Ugalde A,
- White V,
- Livingston T,
- Watts J,
- Gao L
- TENDERNational assessment of existing CT screening infrastructure to inform the early design of a potential Lung Cancer Screening program.21 Mar 2022 - 30 Sep 2022People funded by this grant:
- Ugalde A,
- White V,
- Livingston T,
- Watts J,
- Gao L
- CONTRACT RESEARCHEconomic analysis for the trial in Rugby Fans in Training New Zealand (RUFIT NZ).28 Feb 2022 - 30 Jun 2022People funded by this grant:
- Gao L,
- Lee P
- GRANTAccelerating clot lysis in ischemic stroke with dornase alfa in an Umbrella Bayesian Optimised Phase 2 trial1 Feb 2022 - 31 Jan 2026People funded by this grant:
- Campbell B,
- Churilov L,
- Medcalf R,
- Alemseged F,
- Kleinig T
- GRANTTalk stroke: Developing Australia's first National tele stroke framework and communications platform1 Sep 2021 - 31 Aug 2026People funded by this grant:
- Parsons M,
- Bivard A,
- Levi C,
- Churilov L,
- Moodie M
- GRANTStroke in patients with large Ischaemic Core: Assessment of Reperfusion therapy Impact on Outcome (SICARIO)1 Jun 2021 - 31 May 2025People funded by this grant:
- Levi C,
- Bivard A,
- Parsons M,
- Churilov L,
- Butcher K
- CONTRACT RESEARCHGoing beyond life expectancy - Examining health inequalities in quality adjusted life expectancy (QALE) in Australia.1 Jan 2021 - 1 Jan 2022People funded by this grant:
- Gao L,
- Engel L,
- Bowe S