Research supervision
I supervise PhD and Master’s students working on health economics, preference measurement, behavioural economics and applied econometrics. I am open to new students.
Current
- Understanding the drivers of telehealth usage among patients in Australia, and how it reduces costs relative to in-person services
- Economic analysis of the impact of climate change on the agricultural sector in the Solomon Islands
- Economic modelling of novel approaches to crop drought resilience, using long-term trials in Australia
- Gendered ageism in the workplace: menopause and female labour market participation
Completed
- Health systems reform dynamics: implications for equity and efficiency
- Socio-economic and behavioural impacts of COVID-19 vaccine mandates: a scoping review
- The socio-economic and behavioural impacts of influenza vaccine mandates on healthcare workers: a scoping review
Before you write to me
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Most enquiries I receive could be answered from a template, and I answer those with a template. The ones I answer properly do three things.
Name a question, not a field. “I want to work on health economics” tells me nothing. “I want to know whether patients in this setting weigh X against Y the way clinical guidelines assume” tells me whether I can help.
Say why me. Point to a specific paper or tool of mine and what you would do next with it. If nothing of mine connects to your question, I am probably the wrong supervisor, and you will be glad to have found that out early.
Attach the evidence. CV with qualifications and results, any publications, and English language results if relevant.
Send it to mesfin.genie@newcastle.edu.au. I read everything that meets those three conditions.
Admission and funding
Admission and scholarships at Newcastle run through the University’s Higher Degree by Research process on its own timetable, separately from my agreement to supervise. Check the University’s research degree pages for current deadlines before planning around a start date.