
Mr Isaiah Luc
Health Economist
School of Public Health
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Isaiah Luc is a health economist in Adelaide Health Technology Assessment with a background in epidemiology, biostatistics and health informatics. He is responsible for the production, evaluation and critical appraisal of health economic models for medical services and pharmaceuticals submitted to the Medical Services Advisory Committee and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee who inform federal government health expenditure.
His academic background and industry experience, notably with SA Department of Health’s Communicable Disease Control Branch, has given him unique skills in epidemiological modelling, large scale data management and manipulation and statistical processing.
He has a special interest in utilising data to make informed and evidence-based decisions to improve health systems. This is reflected in his current research which aims to predict the need, along with the associated workforce needed, for palliative care services in Australia until 2040 by using routinely available mortality data.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2022 - ongoing Health Economist University of Adelaide 2021 - ongoing Senior Public Health Officer SA Health -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2020 Award Chancellor's Letter of Commendation Flinders University Australia -
Language Competencies
Language Competency Chinese (Cantonese) Can read, write, speak and understand spoken Chinese (Mandarin) Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2021 - 2022 University of Adelaide Australia Master of Public Health 2017 - 2020 Flinders University Australia Bachelor of Medical Science 2017 - 2020 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Arts (Chinese Studies) -
Certifications
Date Title Institution name Country 2022 Certified Health Informatician Australasia Australasian Institute of Digital Health Australia -
Research Interests
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