DrJaithri Ananthapavan
Associate Professor
Faculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development/Institute for Health Transformation
Orcid identifier0000-0002-5957-6931 (opens in a new tab)
- Associate ProfessorFaculty of Health/School of Health and Social Development/Institute for Health Transformation
- +61 3 925 17181 (Work)
- Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Health Economics
Economics of Obesity
Economics of Prevention
Priority setting methods for decision-making
Incorportating environmental impacts into health economic evalautions
GRANTS
- GRANTYarning about the commercial determinants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and Country in Western Australia25 Feb 2026 - 31 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:
- Lister N,
- Browne J,
- Paradies Y,
- Ananthapavan J,
- Walker T
- GRANTDeveloping evidence for the implementation of effective Food Voucher InitiaTives in AustraLia (FOOD VITAL)1 Oct 2025 - 30 Sep 2028People funded by this grant:
- Zorbas C,
- Ananthapavan J,
- Ng SW,
- Lindberg R,
- Backholer K
- GRANTInvestigating the Impact of Increased Alcohol Access from Policy Change on Alcohol-Related Harm in Central Australia1 Sep 2025 - 31 Mar 2029People funded by this grant:
- Miller P,
- Boffa J,
- Coomber K,
- Paradies Y,
- Farmer C
- GRANTContinued work on the feasibility study on options to limit unhealthy food marketing to children10 Jun 2025 - 30 Jun 2025People funded by this grant:
- Ananthapavan J,
- Backholer K,
- Brown V,
- Tran M
- GRANTCo-designing healthy, equitable and sustainable rural fruit and veg distribution.1 Jun 2025 - 25 Feb 2028People funded by this grant:
- Russell C,
- Bell C,
- Livingstone K,
- Hadjikakou M,
- Ananthapavan J
- GRANTHealth Economics Services for Preventive Health SA19 Feb 2025 - 30 Jun 2026People funded by this grant:
- Ananthapavan J,
- Brown V,
- Robinson S,
- McCaffrey N
- FELLOWSHIPTransforming resource allocation decision-making for obesity prevention1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2029People funded by this grant:
- Jaithri Ananthapavan
- CONTRACT RESEARCHTasmania's 20-year Preventive Health Strategy and Implementation12 Dec 2024 - 30 Jun 2025People funded by this grant:
- Jaithri Ananthapavan
- GRANTThe commercial determinants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing: building the evidence and co-designing action1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2028People funded by this grant:
- Browne J,
- Paradies Y,
- Sherriff S,
- Backholer K,
- Walker T
- CONTRACT RESEARCHUnhealthy food marketing to children.15 Aug 2023 - 30 Sep 2024People funded by this grant:
- Backholer K,
- Ananthapavan J,
- Brown V,
- Peeters A
- CONTRACT RESEARCHThe impact of acute hospital environments on care for people with obesity: An explanation of cost effectiveness and lived experience.1 Jul 2023 - 31 Dec 2024People funded by this grant:
- Hitch D,
- Ananthapavan J
- GRANTA randomised controlled trial to assess the impact of Baby-EATS, a scalable digital health intervention targeting infant feeding and weight in children aged 0-2 years1 Jan 2023 - 30 Jun 2027People funded by this grant:
- Yoong S,
- Wolfenden L,
- Sutherland R,
- Grady A,
- Truby H
- CONTRACT RESEARCHHealthy Schools, Healthy Early Childhood Services and Healthy Workplaces Achievement Program review29 Dec 2022 - 30 Jun 2023People funded by this grant:
- CONTRACT RESEARCHEconomic evaluation of the implementation of a policy to restrict unhealthy food and drink advertising on Western Australia (WA) State - owned assets.5 Oct 2022 - 3 Apr 2023People funded by this grant:
- Ananthapavan J,
- Angeles MR,
- Backholer K,
- Sacks G,
- Brown V
- CONTRACT RESEARCHBuilding an economic model to assess the cost-effectiveness of alcohol interventions at the population level.1 Jul 2022 - 30 Sep 2023People funded by this grant:
- Ananthapavan J,
- Nguyen P,
- Hall N
- CONTRACT RESEARCHEconomics of Prevention: Knowledge Synthesis1 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 2023People funded by this grant:
- Jaithri Ananthapavan
- CONTRACT RESEARCHScoping the nature, potential value and limitations of developing an economics of prevention 'benefits bank'2 May 2022 - 31 Aug 2023People funded by this grant:
- Ananthapavan J,
- Brown V
- CONTRACT RESEARCHVietnam's 2022 report card on physical activity for children and youth.6 Apr 2022 - 15 Dec 2022People funded by this grant:
- Nguyen P,
- Ananthapavan J
- CONTRACT RESEARCHEconomic evaluation of WA LiveLighter campaign incorporating th impacts of the Menu App creative17 Feb 2022 - 31 Aug 2022People funded by this grant:
- Ananthapavan J,
- Tran M
- CONTRACT RESEARCHQuantification of the health benefits of the fitness industry9 Sep 2021 - 15 Jan 2022People funded by this grant:
- Ananthapavan J,
- Moodie M
- CONTRACT RESEARCHReviewing the Health Economic Model for the Great Tasting Water Project.26 Mar 2021 - 2 Apr 2021People funded by this grant:
- Jaithri Ananthapavan