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Personal profile
Biography
Overview
Rajan is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at MUCHE. Prior to this, he was a PhD candidate at the MUCHE for 3 years (2016-2020). He has previously worked at Spinal Centre of Southern Denmark in Denmark as a data manager and at the University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg as an Instructor (Economic Evaluation).
Experience
Rajan's interest and expertise are in economic modelling, health technology assessment and statistical analyses of healthcare programs using real-world data. At Macquarie University he is involved in evaluating submissions to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) and the Medical Benefits Advisory Committee (MSAC). His PhD was on "Health economic evaluation of childhood hearing screening using real-world data" which was considered by his examiners to be in the top 10% of doctoral-level research in the field. He has extensively published in peer-reviewed journals, which are widely cited in the international research field. He has also been significantly involved in the academic community throughout his thesis. He worked as Research Assistant (casual position) at MUCHE.
Rajan has presented his works in different national and international conferences and seminars, including the Australian Health Economics Society (Hobart, 2018 and Melbourne, 2019), Nordic Health Economic Study Group (Reykjavik, Iceland 2019) and external seminar (University of York, 2019).
Education/Academic qualification
Health Economics, PhD, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy
12 Dec 2016 → 12 Dec 2019
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EQ-5D with the hearing “bolt-on” items: developing a new quality of life measure for hearing impairment
Gu, Y., Cutler, H., Parkinson, B., Sinha, K., Dawes, P., Sharma, R., Brinson, M. B., Gonzalo, F., Quadri, H. & Soytemiz, A.
7/02/22 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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EXTERNAL EVALUATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL BENEFITS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (PBAC) AND HEALTH TECHNOLOGY RELATED SUBMISSIONS
Cutler, H., Hoyle, M., Parkinson, B., Jeet, V., Norman, A., Seil, E., Sharma, R., Song, R., Ahumada Canale, A., Mumford, V., Vagholkar, S., Pont, L. G., Amin, J., Gu, Y., Schroeder, L. & Soytemiz, A.
1/07/21 → 30/06/25
Project: Research
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LOCHI: Longitudinal outcomes of hearing-impaired children: early vs later intervention
Parkinson, B., Ching, T., Cupples, L., Leigh, G., Dillon, H., Wong, C. & Sharma, R.
1/01/21 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
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PICO for MSAC application 1617 - BRAF V600 mutation testing
Cutler, H., Hoyle, M., Sharma, R. & Norman, A.
3/02/20 → 17/04/20
Project: Research
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Histopathologically validated diagnostic accuracy of PSMA-PET/CT in the primary and secondary staging of prostate cancer and the impact of PSMA-PET/CT on clinical management: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Jeet, V., Parkinson, B., Song, R., Sharma, R. & Hoyle, M., 31 Mar 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Seminars in Nuclear Medicine.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mapping the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS-29) to EQ-5D-5L
Aghdaee, M., Gu, Y., Sinha, K., Parkinson, B., Sharma, R. & Cutler, H., Feb 2023, In: PharmacoEconomics. 41, 2, p. 187-198 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An economic evaluation of Australia's newborn hearing screening program: A within-study cost-effectiveness analysis
Sharma, R., Gu, Y., Sinha, K., Ching, T. Y. C., Marnane, V., Gold, L., Wake, M., Wang, J. & Parkinson, B., May 2022, In: Ear and Hearing. 43, 3, p. 972-983 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An examination of machine learning to map non-preference based patient reported outcome measures to health state utility values
Aghdaee, M., Parkinson, B., Sinha, K., Gu, Y., Sharma, R., Olin, E. & Cutler, H., Aug 2022, In: Health Economics. 31, 8, p. 1525-1557 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) for the primary staging of prostate cancer in Australia
Song, R., Jeet, V., Sharma, R., Hoyle, M. & Parkinson, B., Aug 2022, In: PharmacoEconomics. 40, 8, p. 807-821 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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2022 Macquarie Business School Impact Competition, Improving Health and Spending Money Wisely: Evaluating Medical Tests, Devices, Procedures for the Australian Government
Hoyle, Martin (Recipient), Cutler, Henry (Recipient), Parkinson, Bonny (Recipient), Norman, Alicia (Recipient), Jeet, Varinder (Recipient), Seil, Elizabeth (Recipient), Sharma, Rajan (Recipient), Song, Rachel (Recipient), Ahumada Canale, Antonio (Recipient), Rana, Rezwanul (Recipient), Mumford, Virginia (Recipient) & Amin, Janaki (Recipient), 2022
Prize
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Health Economics Review (Journal)
Rajan Sharma (Reviewer)
2022Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Publication Peer-review
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Hearing loss in children: a health economics perspective
Rajan Sharma (Speaker)
31 Oct 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Childhood cochlear implantation & its impact on the carers' employment
Rajan Sharma (Speaker)
5 Dec 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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BMC Public Health (Journal)
Rajan Sharma (Reviewer)
2022Activity: Peer-review and editorial of research outputs › Publication Peer-review
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Childhood cochlear implantation and carers’ employment status: the role of socio-economic factors
Rajan Sharma (Speaker)
20 Sep 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
Impacts
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Improving health and spending money wisely: evaluating medical tests, devices, procedures for the Australian Government
Martin Hoyle (Participant), Henry Cutler (Participant), Bonny Parkinson (Participant), Alicia Norman (Participant), Varinder Jeet (Participant), Elizabeth Seil (Participant), Rajan Sharma (Participant), Rachel Song (Participant), Antonio Ahumada Canale (Participant), Rezwanul Rana (Participant), Virginia Mumford (Participant) & Janaki Amin (Participant)
Impact: Health impacts, Economy impacts, Policy impacts