Professor Zanfina Ademi

Professor Zanfina Ademi leads a program of research around prevention of cardiovascular disease, population genomics, epilepsy management and other health conditions. She also leads a program of research on the Productivity Adjusted Life Years (PALYs), which aim to quantify productivity loss at population level and incorporate productivity explicitly in decision making. She specialises in Health Technology Assessments (HTAs), economic evaluations alongside clinical trials and clinical registries and decision health economic modelling. She has worked in Australia, Finland and Switzerland, leading funded research projects that have provided evidence on cost-effectiveness and return on investment enabling key decision-makers (governments, payers) to enact effective healthcare funding across the world. Currently, she serves in a number of reputable international committees with translational impact, such as the Economics Sub-Committee (ESC) of Australia’s Pharmaceutical Benefit Schemes