Adjunct Professor
Nicholas Graves
Faculty of Health,
School of Public Health & Social Work
Biography
Background Nicholas Graves is Professor of Health Economics at Institute of Biomedical and Health Innovation, School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology Queensland Health, Australia. Nicholas Graves is currently the Academic Director for The Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation (AusHSI) and the Academic Director for the Centre of Research Excellence in Reducing Healthcare Associated Infections (CRE-RHAI), Queensland University of Technology / Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation. His applied research brings economics to the study of health-care. He has a programme of research that uses Bayesian methods for the synthesis of diverse sources of data that are subsequently used to inform parameters in decision models that address questions about the value of competing investments in health care sector alternatives. He supervises PhD students, teaches economics to post-graduate students and has made research contributions of international significance publishing in Nature, BMJ, AIDS, Health Economics, Lancet Infectious Diseases, The Journal of Infectious Diseases and Emerging Infectious Diseases.Research interests
Applied economics work on;
- nosocomial infection/healthcare-acquired-infection
- screening for chronic and infectious disease
- mental health and workplace productivity
- changing health behaviour among high risk groups
- the supply of blood products
- complementary and alternative medicine
- randomness and funding
- the economics of bureaucracy
- modelling length of stay and hospital costs
- using existing evidence to inform decison making
- regulation and incentives for hospital administrators.
Personal details
Positions
- Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Health,
School of Public Health & Social Work
Keywords
Chronic Diseases, Decision Making, Economic Evaluation, Health Behaviour, Health Services Research, Healthcare Acquired Infection, Hiv/Aids
Research field
Public Health and Health Services
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (University of London)
Professional memberships and associations
Member of the panel of providers of Health Economic Services project with Commonwealth of Australia Department of Health and Ageing. Member of the Executive Committee of the Health Services Research Associated of Australia & New Zealand. 2012 – ongoing. Johnson & Johnson Global Infection Prevention Advisory Board. 2011 – ongoing. First meeting Orange County, March 16th 2013. NHMRC Grant Review Panel Member. 2004 – ongoing for project grants scheme. PBAC Visiting member of Economic Sub Committee for Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee 2011 MSAC Member of Protocol Advisory Services Committee for Medical Servicers Advisory Committee 2011 Healthcare Associated Infection Advisory Committee. Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. 2012 - ongoing
Member of Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre. Developing Health Economics Projects from 2011. Section Editor for BMC Health Services Research 2008-2011 Member of Editorial Board for Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Healthcare Infections, Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare and Clinical Audit Member of Panel of Providers of Health Economics Services for Australian Government: Department of Health and Ageing. Member of College of Experts for National Institutes for Health Research, England & Wales. Member of Expert Advisory Panel of Applied Research (EAPAR) for Office of Health and Medical Research (OHMR), Queensland Health.
Teaching
Teaching highlights Guest Lectures on three postgraduate courses at QUT Postgraduate Supervision Prof. Graves has also developed "Cost Effective Short Course" A beginners guide to cost-effectiveness analysis.
Publications
- Banks, M., Graves, N., Bauer, J. & Ash, S. (2013). Cost effectiveness of nutrition support in the prevention of pressure ulcer in hospitals. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 67, 42–46. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/55452
- Courtney, M., Graves, N., Gibb, M., Parker, C., Edwards, H. & Finlayson, K. (2013). Health service pathways for patients with chronic leg ulcers: identifying effective pathways for facilitation of evidence based wound care. BMC Health Services Research, 13, 1–10. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/57705
- Robotham, J., Graves, N., Cookson, B., Barnett, A., Wilson, J., Edgeworth, J., Batra, R., Cuthbertson, B. & Cooper, B. (2011). Screening, isolation, and decolonisation strategies in the control of meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in intensive care units: cost effectiveness evaluation. The BMJ (British Medical Journal), 343, 1–13. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/46364
- Graves, N., Harbarth, S., Beyersmann, J., Barnett, A., Halton, K. & Cooper, B. (2010). Estimating the cost of health care-associated infections: Mind your p's and q's. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 50(7), 1017–1021. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/39412
- Halton, K., Cook, D., Whitby, M., Paterson, D. & Graves, N. (2009). Cost effectiveness of antimicrobial catheters in the intensive care unit: Addressing uncertainty in the decision. Critical Care, 13(2), 1–10. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/29937
- Rosenthal, V., Maki, D., Mehta, A., Alvarez-Moreno, C., Leblebicioglu, H., Higuera, F., Cuellar, L., Madani, N., Mitrev, Z., Duenas, L., Navoa-Ng, J., Garcell, H., Raka, L., Hidalgo, R., Medeiros, E., Kanj, S., Abubakar, S., Nercelles, P., Pratesi, R., Ahmed, A., Alvarez, M., Hu, B., Mitsuda, T., Virgilio, S., Alvarado, C., Favero, M., French, G., Graves, N., Jarvis, W., Larson, E., Lynch, P., Olmsted, R., Pittet, D. & Seto, W. (2008). The international nosocomial infection control consortium report, data summary for 2002-2007, issued January 2008. American Journal of Infection Control, 36(9), 627–637. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/18192
- Sanderson, K., Tilse, E., Nicholson, J., Oldenburg, B. & Graves, N. (2007). Which Presenteeism Measures are More Sensitive to Depression and Anxiety? Journal of Affective Disorders, 101(1-3), 65–74. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/10701
- Graves, N., Birrell, F. & Whitby, M. (2005). The Effect of Pressure Ulcers on Length of Hospital Stay. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 26(3), 293–297. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/22125
- Graves, N., Walker, D., McDonald, A., Kaldor, J. & Ziegler, J. (2004). Would Universal Antenatal Screening for HIV Infection Be Cost-Effective in a Setting of Very Low Prevalence? Modelling the Data for Australia. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 190(1), 166–174. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/7720
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Nicholas, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Advisor/Consultant for Community
- Reference year
- 2006
- Details
- Invited to join the board of the International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium http://www.inicc.org/eng/directores.php). I am the only representative on the board from Oceania.
- Type
- Appointment to State/National/International Reference Group or Government Committees
- Reference year
- 2006
- Details
- Served on a NHMRC (Public Health 5A) panel for the 2006/07 project grant funding round. This involved the review of 80 grants and I was spokesperson for 18 of them. The meetings were held over 3 days in Melbourne; the total workload was >200 hours.
- Type
- Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
- Reference year
- 2006
- Details
- Invited to address the 46th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, San Francisco in September 2006. This is the premier infectious diseases meeting with >10,000 delegates. All expenses up to $US 5,000 were met.
- Type
- International Collaboration
- Reference year
- 2005
- Details
- Working with Dr John Edmunds and Dr Ben Cooper, both from the economics and modelling unit of the Health Protection Agency, UK on a grant funded by the UK Department of Health. Model-based Evaluation and Cost-effectiveness Analysis of MRSA Intervention. UK Department of Health. June 2006-June 2010. $519,093. PI (Ben Cooper, HPA, London). $131,000 subcontracted to QUT, FUNDED.
- Type
- Appointment to Prestigious Positions
- Reference year
- 2004
- Details
- Since 2004 I have served on a panel of expert Health Economists for Commonwealth Government of Australia; I am available as a consultant to any health agency in Australia who requires advice on health economics or related research.
Selected research projects
- Title
- Building capacity for health services research in Australia
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1059565
- Start year
- 2014
- Keywords
- health services research; health policy; cost-effectiveness; decision making; biostatistics
- Title
- Centre for Research Excellence in Reducing Healthcare Associated Infection
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1030103
- Start year
- 2012
- Keywords
- Decision Making; Economics; Epidemiology; Nosocomial Infection
- Title
- The cost effectiveness of improving health and reducing offending among recently released prisoners in Australia
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1060024
- Start year
- 2014
- Keywords
- prison population; Aboriginal health; health economics; drug abuse; policy evaluation
- Title
- Reducing infection in the ICU
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1033030
- Start year
- 2012
- Keywords
- Cost-Effectiveness; Modelling; Methodology; Intensive Care; Candidiasis; Infection
- Title
- Identifying a cost-effective approach to MRSA control in Australia
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1027589
- Start year
- 2012
- Keywords
- Health Economics; Cost-Effectiveness; Mathematical Modelling; Disease Transmission; Decision Making; Epidemiology; Infection Control; Staphylococcus aureus
- Title
- Telephone Counselling for Maintenance of Physical Activity, Weight Loss and Glycaemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 511000
- Start year
- 2008
- Keywords
- Title
- Depression and Anxiety in the Workplace: The Cost and Outcome of Workin While Ill
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 490018
- Start year
- 2008
- Keywords
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Economic Evaluation of Adolescent Reproductive Health Education Interventions in Chilinh, Vietnam (2014)
- An Economic Evaluation of the Safe Motherhood Programme in Guangxi, China (2011)
- Evaluation of the Cost-effectiveness of Strategies Claiming to Reduce the Risk of Surgical Site Infections Following Primary Total Hip Arthroplasty (2011)
- Evaluation of Financial Incentives as a Quality Improvement Strategy in the Public Hospital Context: Clinician Attitudes, Design Variables, and Economic Costs (2010)
- A review of the economic consequences of a policy of universal leucodepletion as compared to existing practices (2009)
- Setting Hospital Infection Control Policy: A decision-making framework incorporating health economics and healthcare epidemiology (2009)
- Economic Analysis of Malnutrition and Pressure Ulcers in Queensland Hospitals and Residential Aged Care Facilities (2008)
- An Economic Evaluation of Alternate Models of Perinatal HIV Screening for the US Virgin Islands (2007)