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Professor Nicholas Graves

Faculty of Health,
School - Public Health and Social Work

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Name
Professor Nicholas Graves
Position(s)
Princpal Research Fellow
Faculty of Health,
School - Public Health and Social Work
IHBI Member
Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI),
IHBI Health Projects,
IHBI Public Health and Social Work - HHWB
Discipline *
Public Health and Health Services
Phone
+61 7 3138 6115
Email
Location
View location details (QUT staff and student access only)
Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy (University of London)

Keywords

Chronic Diseases, Decision Making, Economic Evaluation, Health Behaviour, Health Services Research, Healthcare Acquired Infection, Hiv/Aids

* Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008

Biography

Background

Nicholas Graves is Professor of Health Economics with a joint appointment in the Institute of Biomedical and Health Innovation, School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology and the Centre for Healthcare Related Infection Control and Surveillance, Queensland Health, Australia. 

CV (PDF, 1.6MB)

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

Methodology

  • modelling length of stay and hospital costs
  • using existing evidence to inform decison making
  • regulation and incentives for hospital administrators.

Project highlights

See CV (PDF, 1.6MB) for list of grants.

This information has been contributed by Professor Nicholas Graves.

Teaching

Teaching highlights

Guest Lectures on three postgraduate courses at QUT

Supervises PhD students

This information has been contributed by Professor Nicholas Graves.

Publications


For more publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.

Research projects

Grants and projects (Category 1: Australian Competitive Grants only)

Title
Post-operative Enteral Nutrition in Patients with Advanced Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
Start year
2009
Keywords
Title
LACE - Laparoscopic Approach to Carcinoma of the Endometrium. An international Multicentre Randomised Phase 3 Clinical Trial
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
Start year
2009
Keywords
Title
Work Life after a Diagnosis of Breast, Prostate and Colorectal Cancer: Major Disruption or Work as Usual
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
DP1095273
Start year
2010
Keywords
Employment, Work Disability, Cancer Survivorship, Work Productivity, Cancer
Title
Depression & 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
Title
Telephone Counselling for Maintenance of Physical Activity, Weight Loss & Glycaemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
511000
Start year
2008
Keywords
Title
Helping Women meet their Physical Activity Goals: A Randomised, Controlled Trial of a Personalised Program Delivered by Mobile Telephone Text Messaging
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
614244
Start year
2010
Keywords
Physical Activity, Health Promotion, Preventive Medicine
Title
Evaluating Hand Hygiene Interventions and their Ability to Reduce Healthcare Associated Infection
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
553081
Start year
2010
Keywords
Health Economics, Infectious Diseases, Pyschology
Title
Pathways To Healing: Determining Effective Care Pathways For Chronic Wounds For Timely Healing, Prevention And Cost Effectiveness
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
LP0989625
Start year
2009
Keywords
chronic leg ulcers, healing and prevention, cost effectiveness, evidence based practice, pathways of care
Title
The Economics of reducing the Risk of Healthcare-acquired Intravascular Device Related Bloodstream Infections
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
290505
Start year
2004
Keywords
health economics, hospitals, cross-infection, policy and intervention
Title
Addressing Multiple Risk Factors in Primary Health and Community Care Settings: a Cluster-Randomised Trial
Primary fund type
CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID
290519
Start year
2004
Keywords
Primary Health Care, Lifestyle Factors, Preventative Medicine, Public Health

Supervision

Completed supervisions (Doctorate)