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Biography
I am an applied health economist at the Australian Institute of Health Innovation (AIHI). I joined Macquarie University as a post-doctoral Fellow after being awarded my PhD in 2015 by UNSW, and was promoted to Research Fellow in 2018. I have a unique profile through my previous experience in medicine, financial accounting, investment banking, and regulatory compliance. I qualified as a doctor in 1982 and worked in acute care before changing to a career in finance. I was awarded an MBA in 1987 while working as a financial trader in London, and an MHA in 2006 while working in investment banking in Hong Kong. In 2011 I decided to combine my interests in health and finance through pursuing an academic career in health economics.
My research has used applied health economics, econometrics and implementation science techniques to investigate and evaluate complex interventions across a wide range of health service settings: clinical governance (hospital accreditation), clinical issues (delirium, refractory epilepsy, and motor neurone disease), and medical informatics (electronic medication management systems, and point-of-care testing in rural hospitals).
I have established a strong research output with 26 published peer-reviewed papers, including 8 as first author, since 2011. I am currently evaluating the Delirium Clinical Care Standard in acute care for my NSW Health EMC Fellowship. I hold an Adjunct Senior Lecturer position at the University of Tasmania, and worked at the Centre for Health Economic Research Evaluation at the University of Technology, Sydney during my PhD.
The nature health economics research means that I need to build strong collaborative partnerships to plan and execute projects. This has been aided by my corporate experience in running a global business, and is evidenced by the wide range of grants I have been invited to contribute to. My 10-year goal is to develop a multi-disciplinary research unit to develop successful, evidence based, strategies for implementing patient safety and quality improvements in health care, and establish a robust economic evaluation framework for assessing the longer term impacts of these interventions.
Education/Academic qualification
Health Economics, PhD, Evaluating the costs and benefits of health services accreditation in Australian hospitals, The University of New South Wales
2011 → 2015
Health Administration, MHA, The University of New South Wales
2002 → 2006
Finance, MBA, City University Business School
1986 → 1987
Medicine, MBBS, St. Thomas' Hospital, London
1977 → 1982
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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MRFF: Patient-led identification of unmet health and social needs among people with intellectual disability
Harrison, R. (Primary Chief Investigator), Woolfenden, S. (Chief Investigator), Manias, E. (Chief Investigator), Strnadová, I. (Chief Investigator), Westbrook, J. (Chief Investigator), Newman, B. (Chief Investigator), Trollor, J. (Chief Investigator), Mimmo, L. (Chief Investigator), Mumford, V. (Chief Investigator), Ellis, L. (Chief Investigator), Mitchell, R. (Chief Investigator), Olivier, P. (Chief Investigator), Li, L. (Chief Investigator), Nott, M. (Chief Investigator), Patterson, P. (Chief Investigator), Dawood Baumgartner, D. (Associate Investigator), Szanto, T. (Associate Investigator), Small, J. (Associate Investigator), Templeton, M. (Associate Investigator), Hadley, A. (Associate Investigator), Curryer, B. (Associate Investigator), Adams, C. (Associate Investigator), Churruca, K. (Associate Investigator), Dew, A. (Associate Investigator), Phillips, K. (Associate Investigator), Van Hoek, D. (Associate Investigator), Flynn, A. (Associate Investigator), Ostojic, K. (Associate Investigator), Ong, N. (Associate Investigator) & Nguyen, V. (Associate Investigator)
1/10/25 → 30/09/30
Project: Research
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MRFF2024: A novel AI-augmented digital system for medication deprescribing in residential aged care: the AiCT-Med national cluster randomised controlled trial
Wabe, N. (Primary Chief Investigator), Raban, M. (Chief Investigator), Page, A. T. (Chief Investigator), Yu, S. (Chief Investigator), Saunders, R. (Chief Investigator), Ailabouni, N. (Chief Investigator), Liao, Z. (Chief Investigator), O’Donnell, L. K. (Chief Investigator), Nguyen, A. (Chief Investigator), Churruca, K. (Chief Investigator), Mumford, V. (Chief Investigator), Ahumada-Canale, A. (Chief Investigator), Westbrook, J. (Associate Investigator), Magrabi, F. (Associate Investigator), Scott, I. (Associate Investigator), Braithwaite, J. (Associate Investigator), Gray, L. (Associate Investigator), Manius, E. (Associate Investigator), Pont, L. (Associate Investigator), Day, R. (Associate Investigator), Dunn, A. (Associate Investigator), Baysari, M. (Associate Investigator), Khalil, H. (Associate Investigator), Hoyle, D. (Associate Investigator), Huang, G. (Associate Investigator), Wright, R. (Associate Investigator) & Fagan, M. (Associate Investigator)
1/09/25 → 31/08/30
Project: Research
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N-PARTI: The National Paediatric Applied Research Translation Initiative (N-PARTI)
Braithwaite, J. (Primary Chief Investigator), Harrison, R. (Chief Investigator), Mumford, V. (Chief Investigator), Davis, E. (Chief Investigator), de Wet, C. (Chief Investigator), Homaira, N. (Chief Investigator), Mitchell, R. (Chief Investigator), Jaffe, A. (Chief Investigator), Fisher, G. (Chief Investigator), Willcock, S. (Chief Investigator), McMullan, B. (Chief Investigator), Arnolda, G. (Chief Investigator), Zurynski, Y. (Chief Investigator), Woodhead, H. (Chief Investigator) & Hibbert, P. (Chief Investigator)
1/06/24 → 31/05/29
Project: Research
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MRFF: Pioneering co-created patient-reported experience measures for people with intellectual disability to improve health outcomes
Harrison, R. (Primary Chief Investigator), Trollor, J. (Chief Investigator), Woolfenden, S. (Chief Investigator), Strnadová, I. (Chief Investigator), Westbrook, J. (Chief Investigator), Manias, E. (Chief Investigator), Mitchell, R. (Chief Investigator), Dew, A. (Chief Investigator), Bartindale, T. (Chief Investigator), Mimmo, L. (Chief Investigator), Mumford, V. (Chief Investigator), Badgery-Parker, T. (Chief Investigator), Patterson, P. (Chief Investigator), Ellis, L. (Chief Investigator), Newman, B. (Chief Investigator), Rodier, S. (Associate Investigator), Szanto, T. (Associate Investigator), Small, J. (Associate Investigator), Phillips, K. (Associate Investigator), Van Hoek, D. (Associate Investigator), Adams, C. (Associate Investigator), Templeton, M. (Associate Investigator), Evans, J. (Associate Investigator), Hackl, N. (Associate Investigator), Boyle, P. (Associate Investigator), Churruca, K. (Associate Investigator), Hadley, A. (Associate Investigator), Dawood Baumgartner, D. (Associate Investigator) & Bowen, K. (Associate Investigator)
1/03/24 → 28/02/27
Project: Research
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2022 Partnership Projects PRC1: Improving the health system’s response when patients are harmed: a mixed-methods study
Hibbert, P. (Primary Chief Investigator), Braithwaite, J. (Chief Investigator), Westbrook, J. (Chief Investigator), Magrabi, F. (Chief Investigator), Mumford, V. (Chief Investigator), Clay-Williams, R. (Chief Investigator), Lingam, R. (Chief Investigator), Salmon, P. (Chief Investigator), Middleton, S. (Chief Investigator), Roberts, C. M. (Chief Investigator), Arnolda, G. (Associate Investigator), Arya, D. (Partner Investigator), Bradd, P. (Partner Investigator), Sketcher, K. (Partner Investigator) & Wang, Y. (Associate Investigator)
1/04/23 → 31/03/28
Project: Research
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Creating an environment for virtual care in the Australian health system: a document analysis of infrastructure and capability frameworks
Walsan, R., Mitchell, R., Chauhan, A., Cardenas, A., Moscova, M., Taylor, N., Mumford, V., Sina, M., Webster, T. & Harrison, R., 26 Mar 2026, In: Public Health Research and Practice. 36, 1, p. 1-9 9 p., PU24103.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Harm to children from prescribing and administration errors in acute care: a multidisciplinary panel assessment
Mumford, V., Raban, M. R., Fitzpatrick, E., Woods, A., Merchant, A., Badgery-Parker, T., Li, L., Gates, P., Day, R. O., Ambler, G., Dalla-Pozza, L., Gazarian, M., Gardo, A., Barclay, P., White, L. & Westbrook, J. I., Mar 2026, In: Drug Safety. 49, 3, p. 367-379 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Paracetamol dosing errors at two tertiary paediatric hospitals: a retrospective analysis of prescribing and administration errors
Badgery-Parker, T., Li, L., Fitzpatrick, E., Seaman, K., Merchant, A., Mumford, V., Raban, M. Z. & Westbrook, J. I., 2 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Drugs and Therapy Perspectives. 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Co-producing patient-reported experience measures with people with intellectual disability to improve healthcare quality and outcomes: the 'Listen to Me' project protocol
Harrison, R., Newman, B., Catlett, B., Mimmo, L., Wu, L., Tokutake, M., Phillips, K., Hoek, M. V., Van Hoek, D., Manias, E., Patterson, P., Baumgartner, D. D., Bowen, K., Trollor, J., Woolfenden, S., Strnadova, I., Westbrook, J., Mitchell, R., Dew, A. & Olivier, P. & 12 others, , Oct 2025, In: Health Expectations. 28, 5, p. 1-10 10 p., e70418.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Do patient safety incident investigations align with systems thinking? An analysis of contributing factors and recommendations
Bowditch, L., Molloy, C., King, B., Abedi, M., Jackson, S., Bierbaum, M., Yu, Y., Raggett, L., Salmon, P., Braithwaite, J., Westbrook, J. I., Clay-Williams, R., Lingam, R., Middleton, S., Magrabi, F., Mumford, V. & Hibbert, P., 12 Sept 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: BMJ Quality and Safety. 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Link opens in a new tab Citations (Scopus)
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, M. (Recipient), Cutler, H. (Recipient), Parkinson, B. (Recipient), Norman, A. (Recipient), Jeet, V. (Recipient), Seil, E. (Recipient), Sharma, R. (Recipient), Song, R. (Recipient), Ahumada Canale, A. (Recipient), Rana, R. (Recipient), Mumford, V. (Recipient) & Amin, J. (Recipient), 2022
Prize
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Editor's choice—Walsan, R., Mitchell, R.J., Braithwaite, J., Westbrook, J., Hibbert, P., Mumford, V. and Harrison, R. (2024). Marked variations in medical provider and out-of-pocket costs for radical prostatectomy procedures in Australia. Australian Health Review
Walsan, R. (Recipient), Mitchell, R. (Recipient), Braithwaite, J. (Recipient), Westbrook, J. (Recipient), Hibbert, P. (Recipient), Mumford, V. (Recipient) & Harrison, R. (Recipient), 2024
Prize
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Wiley Top Cited Article 2020-2021, Paper Published in Health Expectations
Ludlow, K. (Recipient), Churruca, K. (Recipient), Mumford, V. (Recipient), Ellis, L. (Recipient) & Braithwaite, J. (Recipient), 31 Mar 2022
Prize
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Predictors of unplanned emergency department visits and hospitalisations among adults accessing virtual outpatient oncology services in Queensland, Australia
Harrison, R. (Speaker), Walsan, R. (Speaker), Braithwaite, J. (Speaker), Bhonagiri, D. (Speaker), Moscova, M. (Speaker), Manias, E. (Speaker), Chauhan, A. (Speaker), Vandyke, A. (Speaker), Taylor, N. (Speaker), Mumford, V. (Speaker), Peprah, P. (Speaker) & Mitchell, R. (Speaker)
2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Virtual care, unplanned hospitalisations, and emergency department visits in outpatient oncology patients, Queensland, Australia
Harrison, R. (Speaker), Walsan, R. (Speaker), Braithwaite, J. (Speaker), Bhonagiri, D. (Speaker), Moscova, M. (Speaker), Manias, E. (Speaker), Chauhan, A. (Speaker), Vandyke, A. (Speaker), Taylor (Speaker), Mumford, V. (Speaker), Peprah, P. (Speaker) & Mitchell, R. (Speaker)
2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Outpatient Virtual Care Among People Living with and Beyond Cancer from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds in Australia: A Protocol for a Realist Evaluation
Harrison, R. (Speaker), Peprah, P. (Speaker), Osman, S. (Speaker), Mitchell, R. (Speaker), Chauhan, A. (Speaker), Walsan, R. (Speaker), Sina, M. (Speaker), Newman, B. (Speaker), El-Kabbout, N. (Speaker), Mumford, J. (Speaker), Francis-Auton, E. (Speaker), Manias, E. (Speaker), Mumford, V. (Speaker), Churruca, K. (Speaker), Moscova, M. (Speaker), Taylor, N. (Speaker), Nelson, C. (Speaker), Cardenas, A. (Speaker), Clay-Williams, R. (Speaker) & Braithwaite, J. (Speaker)
2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Virtual care, unplanned hospitalisations, and emergency department visits in outpatient oncology patients, Queensland, Australia.
Walsan, R. (Speaker), Harrison, R. (Speaker), Braithwaite, J. (Speaker), Bhonagiri , D. (Speaker), Moscova, M. (Speaker), Manias, E. (Speaker), Chauhan, A. (Speaker), Vandyke, A. (Speaker), Taylor, N. (Speaker), Mumford, V. (Speaker), Peprah, P. (Speaker) & Mitchell, R. (Speaker)
13 Aug 2025 → 14 Aug 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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How is virtual health changing the health care pathway for people with multiple chronic conditions in regional, rural and remote settings?
Harrison, R. (Speaker), Kolic, J. (Speaker), Walsan, R. (Speaker) & Mumford, V. (Speaker)
2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
Press/Media
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Is reclassification of the oral contraceptive pill from prescription to pharmacist-only cost effective? Application of an economic evaluation approach to regulatory decisions
Parkinson, B., Gumbie, M., Cutler, H., Gauld, N. & Mumford, V.
23/05/19 → 31/05/19
4 items of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
Impacts
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Enhancing medicine scheduling decisions through economics
Parkinson, B. (Participant), Cutler, H. (Participant), Mutowo, M. (Participant), Gauld, N. (Participant), Mumford, V. (Participant) & Haywood, P. (Participant)
Impact: Policy impacts, Economy impacts, Quality of life impacts
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Improving health and spending money wisely: evaluating medical tests, devices, procedures for the Australian Government
Hoyle, M. (Participant), Cutler, H. (Participant), Parkinson, B. (Participant), Norman, A. (Participant), Jeet, V. (Participant), Seil, E. (Participant), Sharma, R. (Participant), Song, R. (Participant), Ahumada Canale, A. (Participant), Rana, R. (Participant), Mumford, V. (Participant) & Amin, J. (Participant)
Impact: Health impacts, Economy impacts, Policy impacts
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Improving health and spending money wisely: evaluating medicines and vaccines for the Australian Government
Cutler, H. (Participant), Parkinson, B. (Participant), Hoyle, M. (Participant), Mutowo, M. (Participant), Song, R. (Participant), Partington, A. (Participant), Jeet, V. (Participant), Seil, E. (Participant), Norman, A. (Participant), Mumford, V. (Participant), Vagholkar, S. (Participant), Pont, L. (Participant) & Amin, J. (Participant)
Impact: Quality of life impacts, Economy impacts, Policy impacts