Nicholas Graves

Nicholas Graves is Professor of Health Economics with a joint appointment in the Institute of Biomedical and Health Innovation, School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology and the Centre for Healthcare Related Infection Control and Surveillance, Queensland Health, Australia.

His applied research brings economics to the study of health-care.

He has a programme of research that uses Bayesian methods for the synthesis of diverse sources of data that are subsequently used to inform parameters in decision models that address questions about the value of competing investments in health care sector alternatives.

He supervises PhD students, teaches economics to post-graduate students and has made research contributions of international significance publishing in Nature, BMJ, AIDS, Health Economics, Lancet Infectious Diseases, The Journal of Infectious Diseases and Emerging Infectious Diseases.

• Graves N, Barnett A, Clarke P. Funding grant proposals for scientific research: retrospective analysis of scores by members of grant review panel. BMJ (Clinical Research Edition). 2011; p1-8
• Robotham J, Graves N, Cookson B, Barnett A, Wilson JA, Edgeworth J, Batra R, Cuthbertson BH, Cooper B. Screening, isolation, and decolonisation strategies in the control of meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in intensive care units: cost effectiveness evaluation. BMJ (Clinical Research Edition). 2011; p1-13
• Halton KA, Cook D, Paterson D, Safdar N, Graves N. Cost-effectiveness of a central venous catheter care bundle. PLoS ONE. 2010; p1-11
• Graves N, Clare G, Haines M, Bird R. A policy case study of blood in Australia. Social Science and Medicine. 2010; p1677-1682
• Barnett AG, Batra R, Graves N, Edgeworth J, Robotham J, Cooper B. Using a longitudinal model to estimate the effect of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection on length of stay in an intensive care unit. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2009; p1186-1194

• Adrian Barnett
• Daniela Soloman
• David Brain
• Glenn Fulford
• Helen McKenzie
• Henry Zheng
• Kate Halton
• Katie Page
• Megan Campbell
• Mohinder Sarna
• Quynh Nguyen
• Rebecca Rashleigh-Rolls
• Shirley Winters
• Sonali Coulter

International collaboration

• Professor Trish Perl from Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Hygiene, Johns Hopkins University on healthcare acquired infection.
• Dr Lindsay Frazier from the Channing Laboratory, Harvard School of Public Health on the economics of screening for colorectal cancer.
• Prof. David Lairson from the School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, on healthcare-acquired infection.
• Prof. Jennifer A. Roberts from The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Dr Diana Weinhold from the London School of Economics.
• Dr Alex Sutton and Dr Nicola Cooper from the University of Leicester on Bayesian methods for evidence synthesis and decision-modelling
• Dr John Edmunds and Dr Ben Cooper, both from the economics and modelling unit of the Health Protection Agency, UK.
• Dr Damian Walker from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health on HIV/AIDS.

Collaboration within QUT

• Prof. Beth Newman on the economics of screening for colorectal cancer.
• Prof. Michael Dunne on the capacity building for public health in Vietnam.
• Prof. Sue Ash on the economic burden of pressure ulcers.
• Prof. Mary Courtney on the economics of reducing unnecessary hospital admission.
• Prof. Ross Crawford on surgical site infection following knee replacement.
• Prof. Tony Pettit on novel statistical methods for modelling length of stay data.
• Prof. Malcolm Faddy on novel statistical methods for modelling length of stay data.
• Prof. Kerrie Mengersen on Bayesian methods for meta-analysis/decision-making.
• Prof Zee Upton and Prof Helen Edwards on chronic wounds.

Collaboration within Australia

• Prof. Tania Sorrell from University of Sydney & Dr Geoffrey Playford from UQ on the economics of managing risks of invasive Candida.
• Prof. Peter Collignon from ANU/Canberra Hospital on the economics of reducing risks of catheter-related blood stream infections.
• A/Prof. MaryLou McLaws from UNSW on post-discharge surgical site infection.
• Prof. John Kaldor from UNSW on HIV/AIDS
• Dr Leonie Callaway from RBWH on obesity and pregnancy
• Dr Mary Haines from Sax Institute, Sydney on the economics of blood.
• Dr Michael Whitby from UQ on all aspects of healthcare-acquired infection.
• Prof Claire Rickard from Griffith University on catheter related line infections
• Dr Louisa Gordon from QIMR on the economics of cancer recovery.
• Prof. John Zeigler from Sydney Children’s Hospital on HIV/AIDS.
• Prof. Paul Scuffham from Griffith University on economic evaluation methods.
• Associate Prof. Elizabeth Eakin and Prof Neville Owen from UQ School of Population Health on the economics of interventions that change diet & exercise for high-risk groups.
• Dr David Cook and Dr David Frankael from the Princess Alexandra Hospital and UQ on infection in ICU patients.
• Prof Lindsay Grayson from Austin Hospital on Hand Hygiene Interventions
• Prof David Paterson from UQ/RBWH on all aspects of healthcare acquired infection
• Prof Philip Clarke from University of Melbourne; Health Economics Training and Capacity building in Australia
• A/Prof Stephen Jan from George Institute on HERMES. A NHMRC Capacity Building Grant (2009-13)