Associate Professor Jaithri Ananthapavan

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Associate Professor Jaithri Ananthapavan leads the Economics of Obesity team within Deakin Health Economics and the Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition (GLOBE) at Deakin University. Jaithri is a member of the Prevention Centre’s Scientific Advisory Committee, having made a significant contribution to the area of health economics for chronic disease prevention in both health economics consulting and academia.

Jaithri’s research interest is the economic evaluation of preventive health interventions and policies, economic modelling, priority setting, and in methods development to better assist decision-makers use economic evidence in resource allocation decisions. Jaithri leads the economics work program for several category-one grants and commissioned studies including for the World Health Organization.

In 2023, Jaithri was recognised for her contribution, receiving the Public Health Researcher award in the Victorian Premier’s Awards for Health and Medical Research.

Associate Professor Jaithri Ananthapavan's projects

Associate Professor Jaithri Ananthapavan's news and media

Associate Professor Jaithri Ananthapavan's resources

The value of prevention: Symposium workshop

Resource category: Videos

Date 06 Sep 2023
How is health economics used in chronic disease prevention?

Resource category: Factsheets

Date 29 Aug 2023
The economic costs of alcohol-related harms in New South Wales: Development of an interactive costing tool

Resource category: Reports

Date 16 Nov 2022

Associate Professor Jaithri Ananthapavan

Associate Professor Jaithri Ananthapavan's projects

Building an economic model to assess alcohol interventions

Modelling the economic impact of liquor licences on health

Compelling case project – Phase 2

Building a compelling case for prevention – Phase 1

Assessing costs and benefits of whole-of-government prevention

Model behaviour: A systems approach to alcohol-related harm

Economic analysis of prevention: Evaluating the ripple effect

Associate Professor Jaithri Ananthapavan's news and media

Introducing the Prevention Centre’s Scientific Advisory Committee

Supporting the next generation of prevention leaders

Rewarding year for Prevention Centre network in 2023

Alcohol economics and prevention

The value of prevention with health economics evidence

Prevention Centre chronic disease prevention May newsletter

September Chronicle newsletter

$10m for Human Health and Environmental Change Research

#Prevention2021 Conference Wrap

Associate Professor Jaithri Ananthapavan's resources

The value of prevention: Symposium workshop

How is health economics used in chronic disease prevention?

The economic costs of alcohol-related harms in New South Wales: Development of an interactive costing tool

Associate Professor Jaithri Ananthapavan's publications

How much is invested in obesity prevention in Australia? An analysis of major research and Federal government funding, 2013–2022

Australian hospital healthy retail policies – an analysis and scoping review of potential impacts on dietary behaviours

The economic costs of alcohol-related harms at the local level in New South Wales

Preventive health resource allocation decision-making processes and the use of economic evidence in an Australian state government – A mixed methods study

Change in the healthiness of foods sold in an Australian supermarket chain following implementation of a shelf tag intervention based on the health star rating system

Cost-benefit and cost-utility analyses to demonstrate the potential value-for-money of supermarket shelf tags promoting healthier packaged products in Australia

A cost-benefit analysis framework for preventive health interventions to aid decision-making in Australian governments

Systematic Review to Update `Value of a Statistical Life’ Estimates for Australia

The economic cost of preventable disease in Australia: a systematic review of estimates and methods

The health burden of preventable disease in Australia: a systematic review

Exploring the use of economic evidence to inform investment in disease prevention – a qualitative study

Harnessing advances in computer simulation to inform policy and planning to reduce alcohol-related harms