Biography
Qualifications
Title: PhD Health Economics
Institution: Monash University
Year: 2012
Title: MSc Development and Resource Economics
Institution: Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Year: 2005
Title: BSc Agricultural Economics
Institution: Makerere University
Year: 2003
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Julie is the Deputy Director, Master of Health Economics and Lecturer – Public Health. She is also a Research Fellow within the Economics of Chronic Disease Management stream, analysing cost effectiveness of chronic disease management and burden of disease including Osteoporosis, Parkinson’s Disease and HIV/AIDS. Her discpline area is Public Health and applied economics including Health Economics.
Julie is an applied Health Economist with a PhD in Health Economics from Monash University. Her research has focused on using large data sets (Demographic Health Surveys, Household Income and Labour Dynamics Australia Study, Australian arm of the International Cost and Utility Related to Osteoporotic Fractures Study) for economic modelling using Stata. She lectures and supervises Master of Public Health and Master of Health Economics students at Deakin University. She’s the Unit Chair Biostatistics 1 HSH746/946 and Health Economics in a Global Context HSH768.
Julie’s publications include peer reviewed academic journals and reports in public health and she presents her work within Australia and internationally.
Research interests
Public health research including research in developing countries focusing on alcohol prevention, impact of HIV/AIDS, disability and children’s nutrition and education.
Economics of chronic diseases particularly Osteoporosis and Parkinson’s within the Australian context.
Undertaking survey research in Sub-Saharan Africa including designing survey questionnaires and training of enumerators.
Affiliations
Member Australian Health Economics Society (AHES) and International Health Economics Association (iHEA)
Teaching interests
Introductory Health Economics
Economic Evaluation
Comparative Health Systems
Health Economics in an International Context
Economics of Developing countries
Introductory Macroeconomics
Introductory Microeconomics
Units taught
Currently:
Biostatistics 1 HSH746/946
Health Economics in a Global Context HSH768
Previously:
Introductory Health Economics
Economics of Developing Countries
Introductory Macroeconomics
Knowledge areas
Health Economics
Development Economics
Econometric modelling
Topics of Interest
HIV/AIDS
Osteoporosis
Disability
Survey Design in Sub-Saharan Africa
Conferences
• 39th Annual Australian Health Economics Society Conference Society (September 21-22 2017); presented the paper Differences in income and quality of life between women with and without children
• 10th International Society on Priorities in Health Care Conference Melbourne-“Examining the Past and Contemplating the Future- 20 years of Priority Setting”. (November 10-12 2014)
• 20th International AIDS Conference Melbourne “Stepping Up the Pace”. (July 20-25 2014)
• International Health Economics Association Conference, Sydney 2013. Who’s got the power? Exploring gender differences in labour supply for individual males and females and, among couples in households with PLWHA.
• Brown University’s International Advanced Research Institutes training, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 2013. 35 years of Advances in HIV/AIDS: What has changed for Women?
• Australian Conference of Health Economists, Darwin, Northern Territory, 2012. Critical help at a critical time: Schooling of vulnerable children given formal assistance to households with PLWHA in Central Uganda
• African Studies Association of Australasia and the Pacific Conference, Flinders University, Adelaide, 2011. Does social support in addition to ART make a difference? Comparison of households with TASO and MOH PLWHA in Central Uganda
• Australian Conference of Health Economists, Melbourne, Victoria, 2011. Factors that influence child work for households with PLWHA in Central Uganda
• Australian Conference of Health Economists, Hobart, Tasmania, 2009. Risk factors for HIV infection among women in Kenya and Uganda
• World Congress on Health Economics, Beijing, China, 2009. Risk factors for HIV infection among women in Kenya and Uganda
• Annual International Conference of the International Academy of African Business and Development, Kampala, Uganda, 2009. Factors that influence using voluntary counselling and testing for Women in Kenya
Professional activities
Editorial Board - Frontiers Public Health (Health Economics)
Reviewer Journal of Health Economics, Journal of AIDS Care, Global Health Action, Journal of Vulnerable Children and Youth and BMC International Health and Human Rights.
Chapter Executive for Asia and Australia, Doctoral Network Uganda 2013-2016
Member Doctoral Network Uganda (2017 onwards)
Awards
Faculty of Health Small Grant Research Award
Brown University Advanced Research Institute Scholar Award, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, June 2013
Best paper award by a Junior Researcher, Australian Health Economics Society Conference, October 2009
Projects
1. Long STEPPP-A: Longitudinal study of teenagers with endometriosis, period and pelvic pain in Australia to identify early risk factors, educational and management strategies that will lead to optimal health outcomes and appropriate health utilisation (2020-2024).
2. Evaluate the impact of Medicare Rebate Freeze on GP service utilization and bulk billing services across local areas and socioeconomic groups within Australia.
3. Evaluate the added socioeconomic burden of having a chronic disease in addition to HIV/AIDS for South-East Asia.
4. NHMRC Projects (334304, 1087781) modelling economic benefits in prevention of alcohol/other substance abuse in young people through community wide interventions, provide evidence base for universalisation of such interventions
5. The Impact of COVID-19 Social Distancing Measures on Livelihoods, Health and Lifestyles Study (CIS) in Sub-Saharan Africa and Australia.
Publications
A Kelly, A Munnings, X Zhao, B Rowland, K Laurens, M Campbell, J Williams, J Bailey, C Killingly, J Abimanyi-Ochom, P Kremer, J Toumbourou
(2023), Vol. 75, Australian Journal of Psychology, C1
M Clark, J Abimanyi-Ochom, H Le, B Long, C Orr, L Khanh-Dao Le
(2023), Vol. 149, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, C1
S Mudiyanselage, S Dona, J Abimanyi-Ochom, J Watts
(2023), Vol. 23, pp. 1-7, BMC Health Services Research, London, Eng., C1
Identifying the most common barriers to opioid agonist treatment in an Australian setting
Natasha Hall, Long Le, Julie Abimanyi-Ochom, Maree Teesson, Cathy Mihalopoulos
(2023), Australian Journal of Primary Health, Melbourne, Vic., C1
B Rowland, A Kelly, M Mohebbi, P Kremer, C Abrahams, J Abimanyi-Ochom, R Carter, J Williams, R Smith, A Osborn, J Hall, T Hosseini, H Renner, J Toumbourou
(2022), Vol. 23, pp. 24-35, Prevention Science, United States, C1
S Wanni Arachchige Dona, S Bohingamu Mudiyanselage, J Watts, R Sweeney, B Coghlan, I Majmudar, J Abimanyi-Ochom
(2021), Vol. 9, The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, England, C1
X Zhao, A Kelly, B Rowland, J Williams, P Kremer, M Mohebbi, R Carter, C Abraham, J Abimanyi-Ochom, J Toumbourou
(2020), Vol. 111, Addictive Behaviors, England, C1
The Cost of Osteoporosis, Osteopenia, and Associated Fractures in Australia in 2017
G Tatangelo, J Watts, K Lim, C Connaughton, J Abimanyi-Ochom, F Borgström, G Nicholson, C Shore-Lorenti, A Stuart, S Iuliano-Burns, E Seeman, R Prince, L March, M Cross, T Winzenberg, L Laslett, G Duque, P Ebeling, K Sanders
(2019), Vol. 34, pp. 616-625, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, United States, C1
Strategies to reduce diagnostic errors: A systematic review
J Abimanyi-Ochom, S Bohingamu Mudiyanselage, M Catchpool, M Firipis, S Wanni Arachchige Dona, J Watts
(2019), Vol. 19, BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, England, C1
B Rowland, C Abraham, R Carter, J Abimanyi-Ochom, A Kelly, P Kremer, J Williams, R Smith, J Hall, D Wagner, H Renner, T Hosseini, A Osborn, M Mohebbi, J Toumbourou
(2018), Vol. 18, BMC Public Health, England, C1
Cost of Living with Parkinson's Disease over 12 Months in Australia: A Prospective Cohort Study
S Bohingamu Mudiyanselage, J Watts, J Abimanyi-Ochom, L Lane, A Murphy, M Morris, R Iansek
(2017), Vol. 2017, Parkinson's Disease, United States, C1
J Abimanyi-Ochom, H Mannan, N Groce, J McVeigh
(2017), Vol. 12, PLoS ONE, United States, C1-1
J Abimanyi-Ochom
(2017), Vol. 17, pp. 278-284, African health sciences, Kampala, Uganda, C1
Invisible work: child work in households with a person living with HIV/AIDS in Central Uganda
J Abimanyi-Ochom, B Inder, B Hollingsworth, P Lorgelly
(2017), Vol. 14, pp. 93-109, SAHARA-J : Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS, Pretoria, South Africa, C1
J Abimanyi-Ochom, J Watts, F Borgström, G Nicholson, C Shore-Lorenti, A Stuart, Y Zhang, S Iuliano, E Seeman, R Prince, L March, M Cross, T Winzenberg, L Laslett, G Duque, P Ebeling, K Sanders
(2015), Vol. 26, pp. 1781-1790, Osteoporosis International, England, C1
Uganda's disability journey: progress and challenges
Julie Abimanyi-Ochom, Hasheem Mannan
(2014), Vol. 3, pp. 1-6, African journal of disability, Cape Town, South Africa, C1
Julie Abimanyi-Ochom, Paula Lorgelly, Bruce Hollingsworth, Brett Inder
(2013), Vol. 25, pp. 619-626, AIDS Care, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
LongSTEPPP - A longitudinal study of teenagers with endometriosis, period and pelvic pain in Australia to identify early risk factors, educational and management strategies that will lead to optimal h
Prof Sonia Grover, Prof Harriet HIscock, Prof Catherine Bennett, Dr Brooke Harcourt, Dr Andrew Chanen, Dr Rebecca Deans, Dr Julie Abimanyi-Ochom
MRFF EPCDRI Endometriosis Research Grant
- 2023: $64,308
- 2022: $187,080
Other Public Sector Funding
Osteoporosis Hospital Micro-Costing Study
Prof Jennifer Watts, Dr Julie Abimanyi-Ochom, Mrs Kerrie Sanders
Western Health
- 2014: $32,400
Embedding Simulation in Clinical training
Emeritus Professor Rob Carter, Prof Jennifer Watts, Dr Julie Abimanyi-Ochom
DHA Grant - Research - Department of Health and Ageing, Health Workforce Australia - Clinical Supervision Support Program
- 2017: $73,184
- 2014: $11,150
Literature Review-Safer Diagnosis
Dr Julie Abimanyi-Ochom, Prof Jennifer Watts, Dr Shalika Bohingamu Mudiyanselage, Mr Max Catchpool
VIC Managed Insurance Authority
- 2017: $44,529
Investigating diabetes as a risk factor for dementia.
Dr Julie Abimanyi-Ochom, Ms Kanika Mehta
International Education Resilience Fund
- 2022: $15,000
Industry and Other Funding
Osteoporosis Burden of Disease in Australia
Prof Jennifer Watts, Dr Julie Abimanyi-Ochom
Osteoporosis Aust Grant - Research
- 2013: $39,906
Supervisions
No completed student supervisions to report