Personal profile
Research Biography
Billingsley Kaambwa is a Full Professor of Health Economics in the College of Medicine and Public Health and is Health Economics Lead for the Flinders Health & Medical Research Institute Sleep Health Flagship Centre. 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 has advised the Economics Sub Committee (ESC) of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) and 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. In recognition of his sustained research contributions, he was ranked among the World’s Top 2% of Researchers in 2024 and 2025 by the Elsevier/Stanford University Global Rankings.
He has been a co-applicant on successful grant applications that total more than $40 million. This includes 24 Category 1 grants (MRFF, NHMRC, and NIHR-funded projects), including 7 MRFF grants, 3 NHMRC Ideas Grants, 1 NHMRC Project Grant and 1 NHMRC CRE. He has also secured 8 Category 2 grants (including from RACGP and the Commonwealth Departments of Health and Veterans’ Affairs) and 14 Category 3 grants (including from Flinders Foundation, Breakthrough Mental Health Research Foundation, and the Emergency Medicine Foundation).
He sits on the editorial boards of 'PLoS One', 'PharmacoEconomics Open' and 'Africa's Public Service Delivery and Performance Review'. 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)
- Honours Health Sciences (5)
- PhD Health Economics (1)
- PhD Malnutrition (1)
- PhD Implementation Science (1)
- PhD Dietetics (1)
- PhD Hepatology (1)
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
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):
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SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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A Co-design of a digital platform to support self-management of breast cancer–related lymphoedema
Naghavi, N., Bareham, M., Cook, O., Piller, N., Chan, R. J., Beatty, L., Sherman, K. A., Kemp, E., Kichenadasse, G., Reed, R. L., Wallen, M. P., Woodman, R., Kaambwa, B. & Koczwara, B., Jan 2026, In: Supportive Care in Cancer. 34, 1, 6 p., 68.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
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A Digital Health Approach to Improve Compliance With Surveillance Colonoscopy Guidelines: The SCOPES Program
Symonds, E. L., Laven-Law, G., Keel, I., Wilson, W., Palmer, L. J., Ahmed, M., Simpson, K., Pradhan, C., Singh, R., Ralph, Q., Lidums, I., Tam, W., Hollington, P., Cock, C., Worley, P., Winter, J. M., Young, G. P., SCOPES Advisory Committee, Bonevski, B. & Kaambwa, B. & 9 others, , Feb 2026, In: Cancer Medicine. 15, 2, 9 p., e71456.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Cancer Survivors’ and Health Care Professionals’ Views on Managing Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Cancer: A Qualitative Study to Inform a Model of Care
Kemp, E., Lawn, S., Miller, M., Selvanayagam, J., Kaambwa, B., Reed, R. L., Hunt, L., Woodman, R., Ullah, S., Morton, E., Wilson, T. & Koczwara, B., Apr 2026, In: Heart Lung and Circulation. 35, 4, p. 563-576 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Correction to: The Potential Role of Peer Support Workers in General Practice_ Perspectives of Consumers, Carers, Peer Support Workers and General Practice Staff (Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, (2025), 10.1007/s10488-025-01479-2)
Lawn, S., Rattray, M., Fuss, B., Shelby-James, T., Byrne, L., Worley, P., Manger, S., Harris, G., Gye, B., Alvarez, A., Henkel, D., Creedon, P., Stevenson, T., Isaac, V., Kaambwa, B., Ullah, S. & Phegan, C., 1 Mar 2026, In: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. 53, 2, p. 142-143 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
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Global, regional, and national burden of breast cancer among females, 1990–2023, with forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
GBD 2023 Breast Cancer Collaborators, Ahmed, M. B., Kaambwa, B., Shorofi, S. A. & Tesfay, F. H., Mar 2026, In: The Lancet Oncology. 27, 3, p. 302-326 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Projects
- 3 Active
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Assessing psychometric performance of the EQ-HWB-S for outcome monitoring in populations under regular surveillance for gastrointestinal cancers and under treatment for prostate cancer
Bulamu, N. B. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead)), Mukuria, C. (Chief Investigator), Symonds, E. (Chief Investigator), Kaambwa, B. (Chief Investigator), O'Callaghan, M. (Chief Investigator) & Watson, D. (Chief Investigator)
1/09/25 → 31/08/26
Project: Research
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INHEART: Reducing Nocturnal Hypertension through new model of GP-based care for Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Chai-Coetzer, C. L. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead)), Stocks, N. P. (Chief Investigator), Barbe Illa, F.-E. (Chief Investigator), Eckert, D. (Chief Investigator), Kaambwa, B. (Chief Investigator), Byrne, D. (Associate Investigator), Pinilla, L. (Associate Investigator), White, A. (Associate Investigator), Adams, R. (Associate Investigator), Toson, B. (Associate Investigator), Haycock, J. (Associate Investigator) & Grivell, N. (Associate Investigator)
1/07/25 → 30/09/26
Project: Research
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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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