Giovanni F. van Empel, MD., MSc.


I am a first year PhD student at the Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business School. My thesis central theme is the Economics of Physicians Practice Style supervised by Dr. Daniel Avdic and Dr. Umair Khalil. My research interests are : 1. Provider responses and technology adoption ; 2. Peer effects among physicians ; 3. Behavioral biases of physician practice.

I have a Medical Doctor (MD.) degree from Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia and a MSc in Health Economics (with Distinction) from University of York, UK.

Contact Information

Email : giovanni.empel@monash.edu

Twitter : @Giovanni_Empel

CV (link)

Publication

van Empel G, Mulyanto J, Wiratama BS. Undertesting of COVID-19 in Indonesia: what has gone wrong?. J Glob Health. 2020;10(2):020306. doi:10.7189/jogh.10.020306 (Link here)

Work in Progress

  1. Provider responses to technology substitution : Evidence from the expansion of cath labs (with Daniel Avdic and Nils Gutacker)

  2. Does quality affect choice of GP? Analysis of England NHS (with Hugh Gravelle and Rita Santos)

  3. Informal Sector and Universal Health Coverage in Indonesia (with Gumilang Sahadewo and Arif Anindita)

Awards

  1. Monash Graduate Scholarship (MGS)

  2. Monash International Tuition Scholarship (MITS)

  3. Indonesia Endowment Fund scholarship (MSc degree)

Conferences

  1. Health Economist Study Group (HESG), London - UK, January 2021 (Scheduled)

  2. 2nd Asian Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics (Awarded Travel Grant) - December 2019

  3. iHEA World Congress, Boston - USA (Awarded full travel Grant) - July 2017

  4. Health Economist Study Group (HESG), Manchester - UK - January 2016

Teaching Experience

Health Economics for Medical Student (HE4MED), Monash University - 2nd Semester 2020