Category Archives: Centre for Health Policy, Programs & Economics

Media Release: Associate Professor Margaret Kelaher awarded ARC Future Fellowship

Congratulations to Margaret Kelaher who has been awarded one of the highly competitive ARC Future Fellowships. Margaret’s research topic is Agreements as a mechanism for community participation in health policy: Understanding process and evaluating effectiveness. For more information about Margaret and her work please go to her staff profile.

Media Release: Award for CHPPE Mental Health Team

Congratulations to the CHPPE mental health team who won the Australasian Evaluation Society 2009 Award for Excellence in Evaluation for the Best Policy and Systems Evaluation for the 6-year evaluation of the Access to Allied Psychological Services (ATAPS) component of the Federal Government’s Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care (BOiMHC) program.

Media Release: New Head for Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics

After 17 years as the inaugural Head of the Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics (and its predecessors), Professor David Dunt is handing over the reigns to A/Professor Jane Pirkis. A/Professor Margaret Kelaher will become the Deputy Head. Throughout his time as Head, David has built up the Centre to be a [...]

Staff News: Associate Professor Margaret Kelaher

Congratulations to Margaret Kelaher who was recently promoted to Associate Professor and Reader in the Centre for Health Policy, Programs and Economics. For more information about Margaret and her work please go to her staff profile. 

Media Release: Breast cancer in Kylie triggered a surge of over 30% in breast imaging of low risk women, says new University of Melbourne study (June 5th, 2008)

Media Release, Thursday 5 June 2008
Use of mammography and breast ultrasound procedures soared by over 30 per cent among women aged 25-44 in the six months following Kylie Minogue’s breast cancer diagnosis, says a new study from the University of Melbourne.
There was also a sharp rise in the number of women aged 25-34 years [...]