PhD PhD in Health Economics Focusing on Healthcare Data Analytics of Virtual Health

The project, carried out in collaboration with Hunter New England Local Health District (HNE) and Honeysuckle Health (HSH), is a longitudinal study over 10 years analysing individual patients records to assess the costs and benefits of virtual health.

The project will contribute to a longitudinal study over 10 years analysing individual patients records to assess the costs and benefits of virtual health. It will be carried out in collaboration with Hunter New England Local Health District (HNE) and Honeysuckle Health (HSH). Details of the project will be determined in discussions between the successful applicant and PhD supervisor, Prof Francesco Paolucci

PhD Scholarship details

Funding: $28,854 per annum (2022 rate) indexed annually. For a PhD candidate, the living allowance scholarship is for 3.5 years and the tuition fee scholarship is for four years. Scholarships also include up to $1,500 relocation allowance and Overseas Student Health Cover at single rate, for an international candidate.

The scholarship will be offered to the successful candidate subject to the grant/funding being fully established.

Supervisor: Professor Francesco Paolucci

Available to: Domestic and International students

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Eligibility Criteria

Appropriate qualifications in economics, econometrics and/or data science. Some experience in working with individual healthcare data (administrative and survey) is preferred.

The applicant will need to meet the minimum eligibility criteria  for admission.

Application Procedure

Interested applicants should send an email expressing their interest along with scanned copies of their academic transcripts, CV, a brief statement of their research interests and a proposal that specifically links them to the research project.

Please send the email expressing interest to Francesco.Paolucci@newcastle.edu.au by 5pm on 16 November 2022.