DrAnita Lal

Senior Research Fellow, Health Economics (Cancer)

Faculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development/Institute for Health Transformation

  • Senior Research Fellow, Health Economics (Cancer)
    Faculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development/Institute for Health Transformation
  • +61 3 924 68690 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

RESEARCH INTERESTS

- Equity in health technology assessment
- Equity in access and utilisation of cancer screening programs
- Incorporating equity into economic evaluations
- Distributional cost-effectiveness analysis
- Developing tools to consistently measure equity into economic evaluations

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Preventing Falls Through Communication Support: A pilot falls intervention study
    7 Jul 2026 - 31 Mar 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    • Sullivan R,
    • O'Halloran R,
    • Harding K,
    • Casey P,
    • Kneebone I
    Epworth Medical Foundation Innovation Grants - $8,612.33
  • GRANT
    Leveraging implementation science and systems thinking for eating disorder risk reduction in primary schools
    1 Dec 2025 - 30 Nov 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    MRFF EPCDR Childhood Mental Health Research Grant - 2035802 - $711,819.40
  • COMPETITIVE GRANT
    Evaluating health economic and equity consequences of government regulations of e-cigarette use (E4 study)
    NMHRC31 Oct 2025 - 31 Oct 2028
  • FELLOWSHIP
    The equity impacts and cost-effectiveness of targeted programs to increase bowel, breast and cervical cancer screening in disadvantaged groups in Victoria
    30 Apr 2021 - 29 Oct 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    • Anita Lal
    VCA Victorian Cancer Agency Early Career Research Fellowship - ECRF20005 - $372,500.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Three Raid Systematic Reviews for the Minderoo Foundation in Tobacco Prevention
    12 Mar 2018 - 30 Mar 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    The Trustee for the Minderoo Foundation Trust (Minderoo Foundation) - $79,375.00
  • COLLABORATIVE GRANT
    Synthesis of cost-effectiveness literature in cancer control
    1 Sep 2011 - 17 Oct 2011
    People funded by this grant:
    Cancer Council Victoria Grant - Research - $31,500.00