Experience
January 2024 - date: Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University
November 2020 - December 2023: Research Fellow, Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University
January 2016 - September 2020: Higher Degree Research Candidate (Master of Research and PhD), Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University
January 2015 - December 2015: Career/Study Break for full-time caring duties
February 2009 - October 2014: Worked as an Economist, Senior Economist, and most recently, as Manager in Health Economics and Social Policy team, Deloitte Access Economics (Access Economics prior to 2010)
August 2007 - August 2008: Student Advisor - Coursework Admissions, Macquarie University
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Economics & Health Policy), Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia (Conferred April 2021)
Master of Research (Economics & Health Policy), Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia (Conferred April 2017)
Master of Economics (Economic Analysis and Policy) (2012 - 2014), Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia (Conferred April 2015)
Bachelor of Economics with Bachelor of Applied Finance (2005 - 2008), Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia (Conferred April 2009)
Higher School Certificate (1999 - 2004), Hornsby Girls High School, Sydney, Australia (UAI 99.1, Premier's Award, All-Rounders List)
Recent grants and research funding
2026-2028 Macquarie University Strategic Research Initiative grant, 'Homeward-bound: From waiting lists to outcomes in aged care at home', Principal/Lead Investigator: Anam Bilgrami, Other Investigators: Yuanyuan Gu (MUCHE), Dandan Yu (MUCHE), Nasir Wabe (AIHI), Colin Zhang (MQ Actuarial Studies & Business Analytics), Viviana Wuthrich (Psychological Sciences), Rong Zhu (Flinders) [$95K]
2025-2027 Macquarie University Research Fellowship (MQRF), ' Navigating Australian Students' Wellbeing: Evaluating Preferences and Policy Impacts in School Mental Health Initiative' [$650K]
Predicting self-harm and suicide risk within Australian local government areas (2024-2025). (CI with Henry Cutler - lead, Alan Woodward, and Ali Furkan Kalay) [$300K], grant from National Suicide Prevention Office
2023 MQBS and e61 Partnerships Scheme, 'Dynamics and inequality in mental health care use after income shocks' Principal/Lead Investigator: Anam Bilgrami, Other Investigators: Marco Bertoni (Uni of Padua), Dandan Yu (MUCHE), Rohan Best (MQ Economics), Yuanyuan Gu (MUCHE), My Tran (ANU), Noura Saba (MUCHE) [$95K]
'Embedding more value into mental health care funding and investment' (2023-2024) (CI with Henry Cutler - lead, Frances Rapport, Jonas Fooken, Alicia Norman, Mona Aghdaee) [$198K], grant from National Mental Health Commission
2022 Philanthropic research grant from Ecstra Foundation 'Substitution between aged care types in Australia' [$19K]
2022 Macquarie University Covid Recovery Fellowship, Substitution between aged care types in Australia' [$117K]
2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 Macquarie Business School Research Productivity Support Scheme (RPSS/RESS) funding [$2K-$10K annually]
Awards and recognition
2025 ECR Presentation Award, Lifespan Health and Wellbeing Research Centre Conference
2025 Macquarie University Highly Commended Finalist for Excellence in Research – Five Future-shaping Research Priorities (Healthy People) - Team application with Henry Cutler, Jonas Fooken, Alicia Norman, Mona Aghdaee and Frances Rapport
2025 Macquarie Business School Research Impact Prize
2025 Excellence in Research, Early Career - Macquarie Business School Staff Excellence Awards
2024 Publication Prize - MUCHE, AIHI Staff Awards
2024 Macquarie Business School Research Impact Prize
2023 Researcher of the Year - MUCHE, AIHI Staff Awards
2023 Macquarie University Highly Commended Finalist for Early Career Researcher of the Year ('The Rising Stars')
2023 Macquarie Business School Research Impact Prize
2022 Macquarie Business School Research Impact Prize
2021 Macquarie University Highly Commended Finalist for Excellence in Higher Degree Research ('The Rising Stars')
2020 Macquarie Business School Award for Research Excellence in Economics
2021/2022/2023 Macquarie University Research Productivity Support Scheme (RPSS) Funding
2020 Macquarie University Postgraduate Research Fund (PGRF) grant recipient
2019 Recipient of Macquarie University's Dr. Melanie Beresford Scholarship
2016-2020 Recipient of Macquarie Research Excellence Stipend Scholarship for PhD/MRes study
Vice Chancellor’s Commendation for Academic Excellence at the Undergraduate level (GPA 4.0/4.0)
Macquarie University Merit Certificates for Outstanding Academic Performance in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008
First Place with a Grade of 100% - Environmental Economics Unit at Macquarie University
2007 Victor Argy Prize for Proficiency in Macroeconomic Policy (shared First Place), Macquarie University
2006 Finance Prize for Proficiency in Financial Management (First Place), Macquarie University