DrJaithri Ananthapavan

Jaithri Ananthapavan is and experienced health economist leading the Economics of Obesity team within Deakin Health Economics (DHE) and the Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition (GLOBE). With over 18 years of experience in health economics consulting and academia, she specialises in the economic evaluation of preventive health interventions and policies, economic modelling, incorporating environmental impacts into health economic evaluations and priority setting methods to enhance the use of economic evidence in resource allocation decisions. Jaithri is a Commissioner on the Lancet Commission on Sustainable Healthcare. 

Jaithri led the landmark ACE-Obesity Policy program, a comprehensive priority-setting study that assessed the cost-effectiveness of various obesity prevention interventions across multiple sectors and levels of government.

Jaithri collaborates with numerous national and international organizations, including the World Health Organization, Cancer Councils across Australia, and the Federal and State Governments. 

Jaithri was the Unit Chair of the Resource Allocation and Priority Setting unit within the Masters of Health Economics in 2022-2023.

Jaithri has a PhD in health economics from Deakin University and has a Bachelor of Physiotherapy and a Master of Public Health degree both from The University of Melbourne.