DrHa Le

Quantitative and qualitative research in health economics with emphasis on
economic evaluation of health interventions and modeling methodologies.

Knowledge Areas
Economic evaluation, return on investment assessment, child health, domestic
violence, longitudinal data analyses

Projects

2025 onward: The economics of neurodevelopmental conditions, co-designing an evaluation framework for ADHD in Australia

2022-2024: Deakin Post-doc fellowship: explore the economic burden associated
with childhood ADHD

2016-2021:
LSAC ChildHealth CheckPoint: a physical health and biomarkers module for
the LSAC aiming to measure health status in the LSAC birth cohort at age 11-12
years.
WHOSTOPS: a stepped wedge cluster RCT aiming to strengthen community action
for childhood obesity prevention and measure the impact of increased action on
risk factors for childhood obesity.
Consultancy tenders: Lead economic evaluation of a number of projects
funded by Government including NSW Health and SA Health. Details are as below:

-The LINKS program aiming to reduce entries to out-of-homecare and respond to the trauma and other underlying causes of child abuse and neglect
Women domestic violence court advocacy service evaluation
Safe Kid, Family Together for vulnerable families in the Northern Adelaide.
Aboriginal Stronger, Safer Families Model for vulnerable families in
Western Adelaide
Domestic Violence Routine Screening at Emergency Department in NSW.
Focus on New Fathers

2014-2016:
Classroom Promotion of Oral Language (CPOL): a randomized controlled trial
which aims to see if a different approach to teaching can help improve
children's talking and listening skills as well as reading and writing in the
first two years of school.
Centre of Exellence Research in CHild Language (CRE-CL).
Early Language in Victoria Study (ELVS).
The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC)

2010-2013:
Language For Learning (LFL): a randomized controlled trial of a language
delay prevention intervention at school entry (therapy offered for children
age 4).
Families in Mind (FIM): a randomized controlled trial of a mental child
health intervention to prevent conduct behaviours and mental problems in
children.
SHELF (Supermarket Healthy Eating For Life): a randomized controlled trial
of a nutrition education intervention and pricing strategy to promote the
consumption of fruit, vegetables, water and low-calorie beverages.
SHOPSmart: a randomized controlled trial of a nutrition education
intervention to promote the consumption of fruit, vegetables, water and low-
calorie beverages in low income women.
Baby Business: a randomized controlled trial of a universal parenting
program to prevent early infant sleep and cry problems and associated parental
depression.