Dr. Laura Fanning

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Laura Fanning is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Economics in the Monash Business School and the Transfusion Research Unit at Monash University. Her educational qualifications include a Bachelor of Pharmacy with Honours, a Master of Public Health, and a Doctor of Philosophy. Laura's research focuses on comparative effectiveness, safety, and cost-effectiveness of pharmaceuticals and blood products. She aims to understand patient preferences for healthcare treatments and evaluates clinical and cost-effectiveness of pharmaceutical submissions to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC). Her methodological expertise encompasses economic evaluation, clinical trials, causal inference using healthcare administrative data, and discrete choice experiments. Laura's research interests include Health Economic Evaluation, Economics of Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacoepidemiology, Health Technology Assessment, and Discrete Choice Experiments. She has significant expertise related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and contributes to research that aligns with those goals.

Research Interests

Awards

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Ronald D. Mann Paper Award

2021-08-26

Requirements for Monash University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:12
Reading
Required:13
Writing
Required:21
Speaking
Required:18
Total
Required:79
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree (or equivalent) in a related field
Application Checklist
  • Academic Transcripts
  • Proof of English Proficiency
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Copy of Passport
Specialization Notes

Requirements are standardized across the Faculty of Information Technology for most Master's programs including Computer Science and Data Science.