A number of Centre for Applied Health Economics staff including Professor Paul Scuffham, Dr Haitham Tuffaha, Associate Professor Martin Downes, Dr Son Nghiem, Dr Clifford Afoakwah and Dr Annick Maujean, are assisting to meet the increasing demand for quantitative and analytical skills of the PNG healthcare sector for their decision-making processes, by contributing to a Graduate Certificate in Health Economics through Griffith University alongside Associate Professor Andreas Chai and his team in Economics and Business Statistics, Griffith Business School and Associate Professor Neil Harris and his team in Public Health and Health Promotion, School of Medicine.

https://app.secure.griffith.edu.au/news/2019/05/24/australia-awards-participants-commence-a-graduate-certificate-in-health-economics-at -griffith-university/

Research Impact: Valuing health for better decision making - CAHE among the world's leading research organisations.

CAHE delivers essential research, informing the allocation of $2.33 billion in federal government expenditure between 2011 and 2016. Read more here https://app.secure.griffith.edu.au/news/2019/04/01/research-impact-valuing-health-for-better-decision-making/

As a reflection of the strength of CAHE's contribution, our research and its impact have been recognised in the 2018 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) evaluation. CAHE's research was ranked at world standard (ERA 3) in the field of Applied Economics (1402), reflecting the volume of high quality research undertaken by the team. Details released 25/3/19.

Congratulations to Centre for Applied Health Economics staff members, Professor Paul Scuffham and Professor Shu-Kay Ng, who are also part of the Cancer Survivorship Collaborative Research Group, for their recent Vice Chancellor's Research Excellence Award in the "Research Group or Team" category. The annual Vice Chancellor's Research Excellence Awards celebrate the University's research achievements and acknowledges the achievements of outstanding individual researchers and research groups.

Cancer Survivorship Collaborative team members include Professor Suzanne Chambers, Professor Tamara Ownsworth, Associate Professor Stefano Occhipinti, Professor Paul Scuffham, Professor Shu-Kay (Angus) Ng and Professor David Shum, Menzies Health Institute Queensland.

https://app.secure.griffith.edu.au/news/2018/06/18/outstanding-griffith-research-excellence-honoured/

https://healthcheck.griffith.edu.au/health-excels-at-the-vice-chancellors-research-excellence-awards/