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Research Biography
Billingsley Kaambwa is an Associate Professor of Health Economics and the Head of Health Economics in the College of Medicine and Public Health. He currently serves on the Evaluation Sub-Committee of the Australian Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC), which advises the Commonwealth Department of Health on the public funding of novel medical services. Previously, Billingsley was a member of an MSAC panel for Health Technology Assessment (HTA) services. Additionally, he is a member of the New Health Technology and Clinical Practice Innovation Committee (NHTCPIC) for the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN). The NHTCPIC provides governance, policy advice, and independent evidence reviews regarding the safe, clinical-, and cost-effective introduction of new, emerging, and existing health technologies in SALHN. Billingsley's extensive research and teaching experience focus on applying econometric and statistical techniques to choice modelling, decision-analytic modelling, and economic evaluations of healthcare technologies.
He has been a co-applicant on successful grant applications that total more than $30 million.
He sits on the editorial boards of 'PLoS One' and 'PharmacoEconomics Open'. He has published in leading international peer-reviewed journals for both methodological (e.g. Value in Health, BMC series) and applied (e.g. The Lancet, JAMA, European Journal of Health Economics, PharmacoEconomics, PLoS One) work.
An almost up-to-date list of publications is available on Google Scholar.
Research Interests
- Application of econometric and statistical techniques in economic evaluation
- Choice modelling
- Decision analytic modelling
- Economic evaluation of new and existing health care technologies
Supervised Students Successes
- 2023 Dr Norma Bulamu - Flinders University Vice-Chancellor Early Career Researcher award
- Dec 2018 Dr Yogesh Sharma - College award for Best Higher Degree by Research Student Publication
- Dec 2018 Dr Yogesh Sharma - Vice Chancellor's award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence
Supervisor Philosophy
Current Supervisions
- PhD Health Economics (3)
Completed Supervisions
Principal Supervisions:
- PhD Health Economics (1)
- MSc Health Economics (19)
- Honours Health Economics (1)
Associate Supervisions:
- Honours Health Sciences (5)
- PhD Health Economics (1)
- PhD Malnutrition (1)
- PhD Implementation Science (1)
- PhD Dietetics (1)
- PhD Hepatology (1)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Member , Evaluation Sub-Committee of the Australian Medical Services Advisory Committee
26 Jun 2024 → 26 Jun 2028
Member, New Health Technology and Clinical Practice Innovation Committee
Jul 2014 → …
Supervision
- Registered
Research Areas
- Public health
Supervisory Interests
- Health economic evaluation
- Econometrics
- Applied statistics
- Health economics
- Decision analytic modelling
- Psychometric analysis
- Discrete choice experiment
- Health-related quality of life
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A qualitative exploration of factors that influence engagement with a digital mental health intervention for women with metastatic breast cancer: Finding My Way-Advanced
Bourboulis, S., Kemp, E., the Finding My Way-Advanced Authorship Group, Koczwara, B., Hulbert-Williams, N., Kaambwa, B., Woodman, R., Daly, A. & Beatty, L., Apr 2025, In: Supportive Care in Cancer. 33, 4, 13 p., 333.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A randomized multicenter trial of a chronic disease management intervention for decompensated cirrhosis. The Australian Liver Failure (ALFIE) trial
Wigg, A. J., Narayana, S., Woodman, R. J., Adams, L. A., Wundke, R., Chinnaratha, M. A., Chen, B., Jeffrey, G., Plummer, J. L., Sheehan, V., Tse, E., Morgan, J., Huynh, D., Milner, M., Stewart, J., Ahlensteil, G., Baig, A., Kaambwa, B., Muller, K. & Ramachandran, J., Jan 2025, In: Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.). 81, 1, p. 136-151 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Changing life expectancy in European countries 1990–2021: a subanalysis of causes and risk factors from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
GBD 2021 Europe Life Expectancy Collaborators, Gebremeskel, T. G., Kaambwa, B., Naik, G. R. & Shorofi, S. A., Mar 2025, In: The Lancet Public Health. 10, 3, p. e172-e188 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparing the efficacy of technology-enabled treatments for insomnia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Scott, H., Green, M., Jones, K., Loffler, K. A., Lovato, N., Toson, B., Bensen-Boakes, D. B., Perlis, M., Drummond, S. P. A., Kaambwa, B. & Lack, L., 2025, In: Sleep Advances. 6, 1, 9 p., zpaf010.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploration of barriers and enablers to diabetes care for Aboriginal people on rural Ngarrindjeri Country
Omodei-James, S., Wilson, A., Kropinyeri, R., Cameron, D., Wingard, S., Kerrigan, C., Scriven, T., Wilson, S., Mendham, A. E., Spaeth, B., Stranks, S., Kaambwa, B., Ullah, S., Worley, P. & Ryder, C., Jan 2025, In: Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 36, 1, 12 p., e915.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Projects
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safe@home: effectiveness and cost effectiveness of telemonitoring and virtual care supported by primary care for people living with chronic disease in low socioeconomic neighbourhoods for reducing ambulance ramping, readmission and GP clinic block.
Clark, R. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead)), Kaambwa, B. (Chief Investigator), Cleland, J. (Chief Investigator), Inglis, S. (Chief Investigator), Tirimacco, R. (Chief Investigator), Maddison , J. (Chief Investigator), George, S. (Chief Investigator), Tideman, P. (Chief Investigator), Beleigoli, A. (Chief Investigator), Bulamu, N. B. (Chief Investigator), Chaudry, A. (Associate Investigator), Gulyani, A. (Associate Investigator), Pinero de Plaza, M. A. (Associate Investigator), Morton, E. (Associate Investigator), Dawes, N. (Associate Investigator), Briggs, J. (Associate Investigator), Lyon-Green, J. (Associate Investigator), Tallboy, T. (Associate Investigator), Taylor, A. (Associate Investigator) & Okonjo, B. (Associate Investigator)
1/05/23 → 30/04/27
Project: Research
Prizes
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Consumers' Choice Poster - Sponsored by The Heart Foundation
Beleigoli, A. (Recipient), Gebremichael, L. (Recipient), Bulamu, N. B. (Recipient), Nesbitt, K. (Recipient), Foote, J. (Recipient), Powell, S. (Recipient), Ramos, J. (Recipient), Suebkinorn, O. (Recipient), Pinero de Plaza, M. A. (Recipient), Kaambwa, B. (Recipient) & Clark, R. (Recipient), 17 Nov 2023
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Second Place Poster Award: Population Health - Sponsored by The Hospital Research Foundation Group.
Beleigoli, A. (Recipient), Gebremichael, L. (Recipient), Bulamu, N. B. (Recipient), Nesbitt, K. (Recipient), Foote, J. (Recipient), Powell, S. (Recipient), Ramos, J. (Recipient), Suebkinorn, O. (Recipient), Pinero de Plaza, M. A. (Recipient), Kaambwa, B. (Recipient) & Clark, R. (Recipient), 17 Nov 2023
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