DrJaithri Ananthapavan

Associate Professor

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

  • Associate Professor
    Faculty 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

  • GRANT
    Yarning about the commercial determinants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and Country in Western Australia
    25 Feb 2026 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Health Environment and Lives (HEAL) - Innovation Grant - $30,000.00
  • GRANT
    Developing evidence for the implementation of effective Food Voucher InitiaTives in AustraLia (FOOD VITAL)
    1 Oct 2025 - 30 Sep 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC - Partnership Project - 2044573 - $689,397.60
  • GRANT
    Investigating the Impact of Increased Alcohol Access from Policy Change on Alcohol-Related Harm in Central Australia
    1 Sep 2025 - 31 Mar 2029
    People funded by this grant:
    MRFF Alcohol and Other Drugs - 2043864 - $1,675,973.85
  • GRANT
    The BLOOM program: A digital intervention integrating social and emotional learning, physical activity, and nutrition, in early years settings to enhance preschoolers wellbeing
    1 Aug 2025 - 31 Jul 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    MRFF EPCDR Childhood Mental Health Research Grant - 2035593 - $999,805.60
  • GRANT
    Continued work on the feasibility study on options to limit unhealthy food marketing to children
    10 Jun 2025 - 30 Jun 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    Continued work on the feasibility study on options to limit unhealthy food marketing to children - Health/E24-582028 - $52,816.00
  • GRANT
    Co-designing healthy, equitable and sustainable rural fruit and veg distribution.
    1 Jun 2025 - 25 Feb 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    VicHealth Impact Research Grant - FR-16653 - $250,000.00
  • GRANT
    Health Economics Services for Preventive Health SA
    19 Feb 2025 - 30 Jun 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    Preventive Health SA - $399,564.00
  • FELLOWSHIP
    Transforming resource allocation decision-making for obesity prevention
    1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2029
    People funded by this grant:
    • Jaithri Ananthapavan
    NHMRC - Investigator Grant - 2033338 - $510,914.41
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Tasmania's 20-year Preventive Health Strategy and Implementation
    12 Dec 2024 - 30 Jun 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    • Jaithri Ananthapavan
    The Sax Institute - $10,850.00
  • GRANT
    Centre of Research Excellence in Food Retail EnvironmentS for Health: Next Generation (RE-FRESHING)
    1 Feb 2024 - 31 Jan 2029
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC - Centres of Research Excellence - 2024716 - $2,500,000.00
  • GRANT
    The commercial determinants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing: building the evidence and co-designing action
    1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2028
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC - Ideas Grant - GNT2027736 - $1,223,516.60
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Unhealthy food marketing to children.
    15 Aug 2023 - 30 Sep 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Health & Aged Care (Dept of Finance) Commonwealth - $202,888.80
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    The impact of acute hospital environments on care for people with obesity: An explanation of cost effectiveness and lived experience.
    1 Jul 2023 - 31 Dec 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Impact Obesity Ltd - $49,815.91
  • GRANT
    A 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 years
    1 Jan 2023 - 30 Jun 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    • Yoong S,
    • Wolfenden L,
    • Sutherland R,
    • Grady A,
    • Truby H
    MRFF Maternal Health and Healthy Lifestyles - MRF2022883 - $1,377,504.90
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Healthy Schools, Healthy Early Childhood Services and Healthy Workplaces Achievement Program review
    29 Dec 2022 - 30 Jun 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    DH VIC - Grants Department of Health Victoria - $161,279.59
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Economic 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 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    Cancer Council of Western Australia (Inc) - $55,000.90
  • GRANT
    Promoting CHANGE (Community Health And Nutrition, and Government Engagement): a Randomised Controlled Trial to accelerate healthy food retail in local government settings
    1 Sep 2022 - 30 Nov 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    NHMRC - Partnership Project - 2015440 - $1,169,876.49
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Building an economic model to assess the cost-effectiveness of alcohol interventions at the population level.
    1 Jul 2022 - 30 Sep 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    The Sax Institute - $177,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Economics of Prevention: Knowledge Synthesis
    1 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Jaithri Ananthapavan
    The Sax Institute - $10,000.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Literature Review: Investigating the co-benefits of prevention initiatives.
    2 May 2022 - 31 May 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    The Sax Institute - Project ID:SP2.2 - $58,495.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Scoping the nature, potential value and limitations of developing an economics of prevention 'benefits bank'
    2 May 2022 - 31 Aug 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    The Sax Institute - Project ID: SP2.1 - $25,901.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Vietnam's 2022 report card on physical activity for children and youth.
    6 Apr 2022 - 15 Dec 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance - $48,196.16
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Economic evaluation of WA LiveLighter campaign incorporating th impacts of the Menu App creative
    17 Feb 2022 - 31 Aug 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    Cancer Council of Western Australia (Inc) - $28,966.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Quantification of the health benefits of the fitness industry
    9 Sep 2021 - 15 Jan 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    TLF Research - $15,490.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Reviewing the Health Economic Model for the Great Tasting Water Project.
    26 Mar 2021 - 2 Apr 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • Jaithri Ananthapavan
    Wannon Region Water Corporation - $3,010.00