
Nikki McCaffrey
@nikki_mccaffrey
Health Economist & Associate Professor @Deakin. Interested in the economics of cancer and palliative and end-of-life care, outcome measurement, informal care
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19-05-2017 20:14:41
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Our new paper quantifying health care service use by Queenslanders with invasive melanoma is now published! MJA Louisa Collins David Whiteman Cancer Economics SIG @QIMRBerghofer

So true, cheap marketing and extremely powerful. Junk food companies use social media to co-opt children into working for them ‘for free’, expert says theguardian.com/australia-news… #brandsoffourkids Dr Sophie Scamps MP

The Aus Gov has announced funding for a first-of-its-kind cancer navigation program, ensuring all Australians affected by any type of cancer will have equitable access to information & support at every step. Mark Butler MP CancerCouncilOz Read more at: ccvic.org/3sC4Uuw


Key facets of QoL in palliative care. Our study reveals 8 vital domains, exposing gaps in current measures. Time to shift towards measuring what truly matters. See our latest paper co-authored by Professor Julie. Ratcliffe David Currow @LidiaEngel @Dr_Claire_H link.springer.com/article/10.100…


HISTORIC DAY: Disposable vaping products to be banned Jan 1st! Congratulations to Mark Butler MP and Clare O'Neil MP for this decisive national leadership to save a new generation of young people from becoming addicted to nicotine.

🎉 Congratulations to Erose Angeles for winning Institute for Health Transformation Group award for research excellence 🏆. In a team led by Prof @HensherMartin, they developed an economic model to analyse the impacts of long COVID in Australia. #ResearchWinner


1 month left to submit your abstract for AHEHP's themed issue on the #HealthEconomics of #Genomic Technologies! Guest edited by James Buchanan Ilias Goranitis and Deirdre Weymann

Thrilled to have Mary-Anne Thomas MP Victorian Department of Health #VCA Prof Huxley Professor Matthew Clarke opening Deakin's Carer Hub. Co-directors Trish Livingston Vicki white. Institute for Health Transformation Deakin IPAN IMPACT SEED @OCPHDeakin @deakinresearch Carers Victoria Western Alliance Todd Harper @HealthIssuesCtr


Quitline smoking cessation services like #QuitVictoria are cost-effective, and should be expanded, new Australian economic modelling shows: doi.org/10.17061/phrp3… Deakin Health Economics @paul_crosland


🌍From South Africa to Adelaide, we've covered some miles🌏 Institute for Health Transformation International Health Economics Association (IHEA) Australian Health Economics Society Read about the conferences the DHE team has attended and presented at this year: iht.deakin.edu.au/2023/10/from-s…

Quitline smoking cessation services like #QuitVictoria are cost-effective, and should be expanded, new Australian economic modelling shows. doi.org/10.17061/phrp3… Deakin Health Economics @paul_crosland

Deakin Health Economics Institute for Health Transformation @deakinmedia @deakinresearch Congratulations! Wonderful news!

Talking to researchers Academy of Medical Sciences about finding #TimeforResearch. You can't do it all. You have to set limits and say NO sometimes. And often the hardest person to say NO to is yourself!



Thanks to everyone who joined us yesterday - in person & virtually - for the first RePaDD seminar of 2024. Thank you to @Dr_Claire_H & Nikki McCaffrey as well for presenting! The lively discussion and the participation in the activities during the seminar were fantastic to see!




Excited to share our research on the cost-effectiveness of smoking cessation support before cancer surgery. Results showed improved health & cost savings. Led by A/Prof Nikki McCaffrey, funded by Victorian Cancer Agency mid-career fellowship. quitaus Anita Lal Institute for Health Transformation
