Professor Emily Callander

Emily Callander is a health economist and health services researcher specialising in maternal, women’s and child health. Professor, and Head of Discipline for Health Services Management in the School of Public Health. Emily gained a PhD, and Postdoctoral training at the University of Sydney, School of Public Health, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre and Charles Perkins Centre. Held NHMRC Doctoral Scholarship, NHMRC Early Career Fellowship and NHMRC Career Development Fellowship support.

Emily leads a Women’s Economics and Value-Based Care research program, externally funded by a number of NHMRC and MRFF grants. Collaborating widely across a number of key maternal health research centers within Australia and internationally to provide the economic evidence base to guide health service and policy decision-making. This includes undertaking economic evaluation alongside randomised controlled trials, measuring costs and outcomes with real-world linked administrative data, and conducting local-health service level economic modeling.

Emily sit on a number of maternal health state government committees; and is a member of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee Economics Subcommittee, where she provides economic advice on all new drugs seeking public subsidisation through the PBS.

Emily’s mission is to improve the equity and efficiency of health services and systems by embedding economic evidence into decision-making.