About
Thomas is a health economist at QIMR Berghofer and holds a Masters in Health Economics and Bachelor of Biomedical Science. Thomas has 8 years’ experience in applied health economic research in areas such as genomic interventions in infectious disease, dynamic simulation modelling and the financial burden of cancer. He is currently working on a multi-year project quantifying the harms and benefits of sun exposure. Within this project, he is using dynamic simulation to model the effect of ultraviolet radiation on skin cancer, eye diseases, osteoporosis and multiple sclerosis. His research interests involve modelling complex health systems like hospitals or behavioural prevention interventions. He has experience analysing large datasets from MBS, PBS and hospital databases.