Emeritus ProfessorRob Carter

Rob's research interests focus on economic appraisal of health care services
and priority setting, particularly in the area of health promotion, health
technology assessment and pharmacoeconomics. Much of his evaluation work over
the years has encouraged clinicians to work with policy-makers and academics
to tackle important public health issues. During the last seven years in
particular, he has developed and implemented an innovative approach to
priority setting that is bridging the gap between academic rigour and applied
policy-making in major areas of public health, with a strong focus on
knowledge transfer. His evaluation work on the initial Assessing Cost
Effectiveness (ACE) study in cancer, for example, impacted on Australia's
national cancer strategy and contributed to the funding of subsequent ACE
studies in heart disease, mental health, obesity prevention and the prevention
of non-communicable disease.

Knowledge Areas
# Economic appraisal

# Priority Setting

# Application of economic appraisal to public health and health promotion

# Economics of disability

# Economics of obesity prevention

Projects
Rob is involved with a large number of individual projects, including NHMRC
projects in obesity prevention and diabetes (e.g. CRE in Obesity Prevention;
Partnership Grant in Gestational Diabetes); and disability (e.g. CRE in
Cerebral Palsy; Partnership Grant in Health Service Design). His is active in
number of research collaborations, including projects in cancer (TrueNTH with
Movember; Cancer Council Victoria; Peter MacCullum Cancer Institute); and
projects in Simulated Clinical Placements and Dementia.
Rob also takes external service seriously and is pleased to contribute to
NHMRC grant/fellowship assessment panels and review processes, refereeing
articles for journals and membership of research advisory committees (e.g.
Orygen Youth Research Centre Advisory Committee; HeadSpace research Advisory
Committee).