Biography summary
Dr Anita Lal is a Victorian Cancer Agency Early Career Research fellow at Deakin Health Economics, Deakin University. Anita completed her PhD in 2018, exploring ways of incorporating equity into cost-effectiveness analysis for obesity prevention policies, as part of the NHMRC funded Centre for Research Excellence in Obesity Policy and Food Systems. She was awarded a Dean's Research Postdoctoral fellowship in 2019 to analyse the impact of socioeconomic position on bowel cancer patients’ healthcare utilisation and long-term health outcomes of the bowel screening program in South Australia. Her current research, funded by the Victorian Government and in collaboration with the Cancer Council Victoria, is focused on the equity impacts and cost-effectiveness of targeted programs to increase bowel, breast and cervical cancer screening in under-screened culturally and linguistically diverse groups in Victoria. She is a member of the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre Alliance Equity Advisory Group and co-chair of the Australian Health Economics Society's Health Equity Special Interest group.
Publications
Madeleine France-Ratcliffe, Hannah Christie, Sarah Blunden, Rachelle Opie, Elysha Chua, Nazgol Karimi, Brittany Markides, Alison Uldrich, Ellinor Olander, Rhiannon White, Paige van der Pligt, Jane Willcox, Gavin Abbott, Jane Denton, Miriam Lewis, Maria Apostolopoulos, Penelope Love, Anita Lal, Mats Hallgren, Sarah Costigan, Mitch Duncan, Megan Teychenne
(2024), Vol. 136, CONTEMPORARY CLINICAL TRIALS, C1
Tan Nguyen, Utsana Tonmukayakul, Long Khanh‐Dao Le, Ankur Singh, Anita Lal, Jaithri Ananthapavan, Hanny Calache, Cathrine Mihalopoulos
(2023), Vol. 32, pp. 2568-2582, Health Economics, London, Eng., C1
P Yates, R Carter, R Cockerell, D Cowan, C Dixon, A Lal, R Newton, N Hart, D Galvão, B Baguley, N Denniston, T Skinner, J Couper, J Emery, M Frydenberg, W Liu
(2022), Vol. 12, pp. 1-14, BMJ Open, London, England, C1
A Lal, N McCaffrey, L Gold, D Roder, E Buckley
(2022), Vol. 46, pp. 237-242, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, London, England, C1
J Talevski, K Sanders, A Lal, J Watts, A Beauchamp, G Duque, F Borgström, J Kanis, A Svedbom, S Brennan-Olsen
(2022), Vol. 33, pp. 1895-1907, Osteoporosis International, England, C1
N McCaffrey, J Higgins, E Greenhalgh, S White, N Graves, P Myles, J Cunningham, E Dean, S Doncovio, L Briggs, A Lal
(2022), Vol. 104, International Journal of Surgery, England, C1
A Lal, M Mohebi, S White, M Scollo, N McCaffrey
(2022), Vol. 22, BMC Public Health, England, C1
A Lal, L Gao, E Tan, N McCaffrey, D Roder, E Buckley
(2022), Vol. 17, pp. e0279177-e0279177, PLoS ONE, United States, C1
E Reeve, A Thow, S Namohunu, C Bell, A Lal, G Sacks
(2021), Vol. 36, pp. 1257-1268, Health Policy and Planning, Oxford, Eng., C1
Psychological workplace interventions to prevent major depression: A model-based economic evaluation
L Le, Y Lee, L Engel, A Lal, C Mihalopoulos
(2021), Vol. 24, pp. 1-15, Mental Health & Prevention, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Y Lee, L Le, A Lal, L Engel, C Mihalopoulos
(2021), Vol. 24, pp. 1-8, Mental Health and Prevention, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Yong Lee, Long Le, Anita Lal, Lidia Engel, Cathrine Mihalopoulos
(2021), Vol. 24, pp. 1-8, Mental Health & Prevention, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
L Engel, Y Lee, L Le, A Lal, C Mihalopoulos
(2021), Vol. 24, pp. 1-16, Mental Health and Prevention, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
A Lal, L Le, L Engel, Y Lee, C Mihalopoulos
(2021), Vol. 24, pp. 1-11, Mental Health and Prevention, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Modelled cost-effectiveness of a parent education program for the prevention of anxiety in children
A Lal, L Le, L Engel, Y Lee, C Mihalopoulos
(2021), Vol. 24, pp. 1-7, Mental Health and Prevention, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
L Le, L Engel, Y Lee, A Lal, C Mihalopoulos
(2021), Vol. 24, pp. 1-9, Mental Health and Prevention, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
E Robinson, P Nguyen, H Jiang, M Livingston, J Ananthapavan, A Lal, G Sacks
(2020), Vol. 12, Nutrients, Switzerland, C1
A Lal, A Peeters, V Brown, P Nguyen, H Tran, T Nguyen, U Tonmukayakul, G Sacks, H Calache, J Martin, M Moodie, J Ananthapavan
(2020), Vol. 12, Nutrients, C1
E Gearon, K Backholer, A Lal, W Nusselder, A Peeters
(2020), Vol. 44, pp. 121-128, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Hoboken, N.J., C1
J Ananthapavan, G Sacks, V Brown, M Moodie, P Nguyen, L Veerman, A Mantilla Herrera, A Lal, A Peeters, R Carter
(2020), Vol. 15, PLoS ONE, United States, C1
A Lal, M Mohebi, R Sweeney, M Moodie, A Peeters, R Carter
(2019), Vol. 22, pp. 247-253, Value in health, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
A Lal, M Moodie, G Abbott, A Carver, J Salmon, B Giles-Corti, A Timperio, J Veitch
(2019), Vol. 16, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, England, C1
Cost-effectiveness of community-based childhood obesity prevention interventions in Australia
J Ananthapavan, P Nguyen, S Bowe, G Sacks, A Mantilla Herrera, B Swinburn, V Brown, R Sweeney, A Lal, C Strugnell, M Moodie
(2019), Vol. 43, pp. 1102-1112, International Journal of Obesity, England, C1
Weighting health outcomes by socioeconomic position using stated preferences
A Lal, M Siahpush, M Moodie, A Peeters, R Carter
(2018), Vol. 2, pp. 43-51, PharmacoEconomics - Open, Cham, Switzerland, C1
A Lal, M Moodie, A Peeters, R Carter
(2018), Vol. 42, pp. 207-213, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, Australia, C1
V Brown, J Ananthapavan, L Veerman, G Sacks, A Lal, A Peeters, K Backholer, M Moodie
(2018), Vol. 10, Nutrients, Switzerland, C1
L Gao, A Flego, D Dunstan, E Winkler, G Healy, E Eakin, L Willenberg, N Owen, A Lamontagne, A Lal, G Wiesner, N Hadgraft, M Moodie
(2018), Vol. 44, pp. 503-511, Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, Finland, C1
Assessing Cost-Effectiveness of Obesity Prevention Policies in Australia 2018 (ACE-Obesity Policy)
Jaithri Ananthapavan, Gary Sacks, Vicki Brown, Marj Moodie, Phuong Nguyen, Jan Barendregt, Lennert Veerman, Ana Mantilla Herrera, Anita Lal, Anna Peeters, Rob Carter
(2018), Geelong, Vic., A6
A Lal, A Mantilla-Herrera, L Veerman, K Backholer, G Sacks, M Moodie, M Siahpush, R Carter, A Peeters
(2017), Vol. 14, PLoS Medicine, United States, C1
M Crino, A Herrera, J Ananthapavan, J Wu, B Neal, Y Lee, M Zheng, A Lal, G Sacks
(2017), Vol. 9, pp. 1-17, Nutrients, Switzerland, C1
The cost-effectiveness of call back counseling for smoking cessation
A Lal, C Mihalopoulos, A Wallace, T Vos
(2014), Vol. 23, pp. 437-442, Tobacco control, London, England, C1
M Moodie, A Lal, S Vidmar, D Armstrong, C Byrnes, J Carlin, J Cheney, P Cooper, K Grimwood, C Robertson, H Tiddens, C Wainwright
(2014), Vol. 165, pp. 564-569.e5, The Journal of Pediatrics, United States, C1
C Mihalopoulos, A Magnus, A Lal, L Dell, D Forbes, A Phelps
(2014), pp. 1-17, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom, C1
Health care and lost productivity costs of overweight and obesity in New Zealand
A Lal, M Moodie, T Ashton, M Siahpush, B Swinburn
(2012), Vol. 36, pp. 550-556, Australian and New Zealand journal of public health, Richmond, Vic., C1
Economic evaluation protocol for the Cool Little Kids trial
C Mihalopoulos, A Lal
(2010), Geelong, Vic., A6-1
The effect of smoke-free policies on revenue in bars in Tasmania, Australia
A Lal, M Siahpush
(2009), Vol. 18, pp. 405-408, Tobacco control, London, England, C1
The effect of smokefree policies on electronic gaming machine expenditure in Victoria, Australia
A Lal, M Siahpush
(2008), Vol. 62, pp. 11-15, Journal of epidemiology and community health, London, England, C1-1
The economic impact of smoke-free policies on sales in restaurants and cafes in Victoria
A Lal, M Siahpush, M Scollo
(2003), Vol. 27, pp. 557-558, Australian and New Zealand journal of public health, Canberra, A.C.T., C1-1
M Scollo, A Lal, A Hyland, S Glantz
(2003), Vol. 12, pp. 13-20, Tobacco control, London, England, C1-1
The effect of a smoke-free law on restaurant business in South Australia
M Wakefield, M Siahpush, M Scollo, A Lal, A Hyland, K McCaul, C Miller
(2002), Vol. 26, pp. 375-382, Australian and New Zealand journal of public health, Canberra, A.C.T., C1-1
S Chapman, R Borland, A Lal
(2001), Vol. 174, pp. 512-515, Medical journal of Australia, Sydney, N.S.W., C1-1
Environmental tobacco smoke in Australia. A report to commonwealth department of health & aged care.
A Lal
(2001), Canberra, A.C.T., A6-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Other Public Sector Funding
The equity impacts and cost-effectiveness of targeted programs to increase bowel, breast and cervical cancer screening in disadvantaged groups in Victoria
Dr Anita Lal
VCA Victorian Cancer Agency Early Career Research Fellowship
- 2023: $110,000
- 2022: $42,500
- 2021: $220,000
Industry and Other Funding
Synthesis of cost-effectiveness literature in cancer control
Ms Anne Magnus, Emeritus Professor Rob Carter, Dr Anita Lal, Prof Eric Vos
Cancer Council Victoria Grant - Research
- 2011: $31,500
Three Raid Systematic Reviews for the Minderoo Foundation in Tobacco Prevention
Emeritus Professor Rob Carter, Dr Sophy Shih, Dr Anita Lal, Ms Gail Younie
The Trustee for the Minderoo Foundation Trust (Minderoo Foundation)
- 2018: $79,375
Other Funding Sources
5x DecisionTools Ind Desktop Academic Subscription - Anita Lal
Dr Anita Lal
NHMRC - Equipment Grant - Not R&D income countable (2017-current)
- 2021: $7,325
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report