Susan J. Méndez

Bio

I am an economist (Ph.D. University of Zurich) with a special interest in competition policy and the organisation and regulation of healthcare markets. Currently, I am a Senior Research Fellow in the Health Economics Research Program at the Melbourne Institute at the University of Melbourne.

As a researcher, I explore how institutional design influences the behaviour and interactions of doctors, patients, and funding agencies in healthcare markets. The topics of my research revolve around pharmaceutical markets, the public-private financing mix, price transparency, and the impact of competition on fee variation and out-of-pocket costs.

With my research, I am committed to fostering informed discussions on public policy. I actively engage with government, private industry, and community groups and provide research services to institutions like the World Bank, the Australian Department of Health, and the Victorian Department of Education.

I serve as co-editor at the Australian Economic Review (AERE), convenor of the International Health Economics Association's special interest group on the Economics of Digital Health Technology (iHEA), and coordinator of the University of Melbourne Health Economics Group (UMHEG). I was also a member of the past NHMRC Partnership Centre for Health System Sustainability (PCHSS) and a Research Fellow of the past Centre for Research Excellence in Medical Workforce Dynamics (MABEL).

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