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Biography
Professor Cathy Mihalopoulos is head of the inaugural Health Economics Group (HEG) within the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University. She is nationally and internationally recognised for her expertise in the use of economic evaluation techniques (both within trial and modelled), particularly within the context of mental health. Within Australia, she leads the largest group of academic health economists specialising in the economics of mental health and psychosocial care, consisting of staff funded entirely on research income. She has over 200 publications and has been an investigator (including a lead investigator) on both Category 1 (including NHMRC and MRFF) as well as Category 2-4 grants totalling more than $75M. She has been invited to sit on committees of national and international significance, including the Medical Services Advisory Committee – Evaluation Subcommittee (MSAC-ESC) (current position), and has held positions on the Economics Sub-Committee of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) and the Executive Committee of the Society for Mental Health Research. She has extensive academic teaching experience within the discipline of health economics and in 2023 and 2024 was the course coordinator of two Monash University Masters programs - Master of Health Management and Masters of Health Administration.
Cathy is frequently invited to present keynote and plenary sessions at national and international conferences and meetings and has won various prestigious awards, including the 2021 Research Australia Health Services Research Award — Highly Commended, and Cathy and Health Economics Group researchers won the inaugural 2023 Australian Clinical Trials Alliance HEAT Excellence in Trial Based Health Economics Award for their economic evaluation of the Target-D program.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Scientific advisory Board member, Ending Loneliness Together
National Advisory Committee, National Headspace Evaluation, Headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation Ltd
Scientific Advisory Board member, Prevention United
Decision Makers Advisory Committee – The QUOKKA Project, Child Health Utility Project, University of Melbourne
Medical Services Advisory Committee – Evaluation Subcommittee (MSAC-ESC)
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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PRevention of Mental Illness and Substance usE (PREMISE) Next Generation: New Targets, New Interventions
Slade, T. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Mihalopoulos, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Newton, N. C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Chapman, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Teesson, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Calear, A. L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hudson, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hides, L. M. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Olsson, C. A. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/11/24 → 30/10/29
Project: Research
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EScAPe: Personality disorder in young people: Evaluation of Screening measures And relational Peer Work (EScAPe)
Mihalopoulos, C. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
4/09/24 → 3/09/25
Project: Research
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ARCTYC: Improving health outcomes via the Australian Research Consortium for Trans Youth and Children (ARCTYC)
Pang, K. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Mihalopoulos, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lane, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Byrne, M. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/07/24 → 30/06/28
Project: Research
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Head to Health Network and Phone Service Evaluation
Mihalopoulos, C. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Bassilios, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hamilton, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ftanou, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Le, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Tan, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Chatterton, M. L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ride, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Gao, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Davey, C. G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Pirkis, J. E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wright, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Hewitt, D. (Project Manager)
16/05/24 → 31/10/25
Project: Research
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HeartPath+: Targeting self-efficacy and health literacy through patient education to prevent recurrent heart events in Australians with heart disease
Cartledge, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Beauchamp, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Driscoll, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), O'Neil, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Redfern, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Gallagher, R. D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Stub, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bray, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wolfe, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Zomer, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Zhang, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Murphy, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Li, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Nourse, R. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Hennequin, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bratby, K. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Ekegren, C. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Gauci, S. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Ball, J. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Liu, Y. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Hall, T. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Mihalopoulos, C. (Associate Investigator (AI))
Department of Health and Aged Care (Australia)
1/11/23 → 31/10/26
Project: Research
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Barriers to and facilitators of user engagement with web-based mental health interventions in young people: a systematic review
Ho, T. Q. A., Le, L.K.-D., Engel, L., Le, N., Melvin, G., Le, H. N. D. (Leading Author) & Mihalopoulos, C. (Leading Author), Jan 2025, In: European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 34, 1, p. 83–100 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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A Brief Workplace Training Program to Support Help-Seeking for Mental Ill-Health: Protocol for the Helipad Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Batterham, P. J., Gulliver, A., Heffernan, C., Calear, A. L., Werner-Seidler, A., Turner, A., Farrer, L. M., Chatterton, M. L., Mihalopoulos, C. & Berk, M., 2024, In: JMIR Research Protocols. 13, 17 p., e55529.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
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Age at first drink and its influence on alcohol use behaviours in young adulthood: Evidence from an Australian household-based panel study
Lee, Y. Y., Slade, T., Chatterton, M. L., Le, L. K. D., Perez, J. K., Faller, J., Chapman, C., Newton, N. C., Sunderland, M., Teesson, M. & Mihalopoulos, C., Apr 2024, In: Preventive Medicine. 181, 10 p., 107898.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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A longitudinal study of the impacts of a stay in a Prevention and Recovery Care service in Victoria, Australia
Brophy, L., Fletcher, J., Dawadi, S., Reece, J., Edan, V., Enticott, J., Farhall, J., Fossey, E., Hamilton, B., Harvey, C., Meadows, G., Mihalopoulos, C., Morrisroe, E., Newton, R., Palmer, V., Vine, R., Waks, S. & Pirkis, J., Jul 2024, In: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 58, 7, p. 615–626 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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An Australian study evaluating the cost-effectiveness of the Butterfly Foundation Residential Eating Disorders Treatment (B-FREEDT) Model of Care
Le, L. K. D., Mihalopoulos, C., Faller, J., Le, P., Tan, E. J., Engel, L., Chatterton, M. L. & Lee, Y. Y., 1 May 2024, Monash University. 149 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report › Research
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Prizes
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2010: Award for Excellence in Research – ACE: Prevention (with Rob Carter and Anne Magnus)
Mihalopoulos, C. (Recipient), 2010
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2010: Award for partnerships and Knowledge Translation: ACE-Prevention (with Rob Carter, Anne Magnus and Sophy Shih)
Mihalopoulos, C. (Recipient), 2010
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2010: Best contribution to Australia’s Public Health: ACE-Prevention (ACE:Prevention team), Vic Health
Mihalopoulos, C. (Recipient), 2010
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2011: Strategic Research Cluster Award for Research Accomplishment (Mid-Career Researcher)
Mihalopoulos, C. (Recipient), 2011
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2011: Vice Chancellors Award for Research Excellence (ACE-Prevention) (with Rob Carter, Anne Magnus and Sophy Shih)
Mihalopoulos, C. (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)