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Personal profile
Biography
Samia’s research aims at identifying the best policy practice to improve outcomes, in particular health outcomes of the most disadvantaged and vulnerable populations in Australia and low income countries. She uses quantitative data to estimate causal effects often drawing on very large and complex linked data.
She is heavily involved in work addressing the needs and policy implications that relate to People with Disability. She focuses on the health and healthcare use of people with disability through the world's first Centre of Research Excellence in Disability and Health (CRE-DH). Through the CRE-DH, she has privileged access to a wide range of government and not-for-profit organisations. This allows her to better disseminate her work, whilst ensuring people with disabilities are involved throughout the process. Samia was a panellist in the "Equity, Diversity and Social Inclusion Business Research Panel" at Monash Business School. Her involvement has been recognised by the university through the Dean’s Equity, Diversity and Social Inclusion Research Excellence Award. Samia’s work has been presented at several international peer-reviewed conferences and published in high impact journals. She recently disseminated her work in a webinar targeted at policy practitioners and disability advocates where she was one of four experts presenting on the use of quantitative data for disability research.
Samia has recently cowritten a methodology paper on the identification of people with disability, in linked administrative data, through one of the National Disability Data Asset (NDDA) test cases. She is currently working on modelling cost-effective policy interventions for the CRE-DH and developing a preference-based wellbeing index for people with disability.
Research interests
Health Economics, Disability, Labour Economics, Development Economics
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):
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 7 Finished
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Carer payments assessment process
Badji, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Petrakis, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Petrie, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Chen, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Zhu, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Li, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Walters, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hassan, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Leber, D. (Chief Investigator (CI))
28/05/24 → 6/01/25
Project: Research
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Embedding modular data assets in MADIP
Petrie, D. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Kunz, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Jayawardana, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Black, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Badji, S. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) (Australia)
1/10/23 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
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Stage 2b - Developing A Preference-based Wellbeing Index to Facilitate Resource Prioritisation in National Disability Insurance Scheme: The NDIS Wellbeing Index
Chen, G. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Petrie, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Harris, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ratcliffe, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Llewellyn, G. M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), bulkeley, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Badji, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Woode, M. E. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Olson, J. A. (Chief Investigator (CI))
16/11/22 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
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Stage 2a - Developing A Preference-based Wellbeing Index to Facilitate Resource Prioritisation in National Disability Insurance Scheme: The NDIS Wellbeing Index
Chen, G. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Petrie, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Harris, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Llewellyn, G. M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Olson, J. A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ratcliffe, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bulkeley, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Badji, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Woode, M. E. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Olson, J. A. (Chief Investigator (CI))
3/05/22 → 31/08/22
Project: Research
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Impact of part time employment for DES clients
Dickinson, H. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Kavanagh, A. M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Petrie, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Badji, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Saxby, K. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/11/21 → 31/03/22
Project: Research
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Exploring the impact of a personalised disability reform on people with disability and their primary carers: evidence from the Australian national disability insurance scheme
Ma, B. H., Badji, S., Chen, G. & Petrie, D., May 2025, In: PLoS ONE. 20, 5, 18 p., e0321377.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Methods used to construct disability indicators in linked administrative datasets: a systematic scoping review
Aitken, Z., Walmsley, S., M Bishop, G., Badji, S. & Fortune, N., 2025, In: Population Health Metrics. 23, 1, 16 p., 22.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
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Mapping the 12-item World Health Organization disability assessment schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0) onto the assessment of quality of life (AQoL)-4D utilities
Ma, B. H., Chen, G., Badji, S. & Petrie, D., 2024, In: Quality of Life Research. 33, p. 411-422 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus) -
System changes to enable optimal health outcomes for people with disability: discussion paper from the 2022 CRE-DH Policy Forum
Kavanagh, A. & Badji, S., Jun 2024, Melbourne Vic Australia: University of Melbourne. 29 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other Report › Other
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Economic, health and behavioural consequences of greater gambling availability
Badji, S., Black, N. & Johnston, D. W., Jun 2023, In: Economic Modelling. 123, 15 p., 106285.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile6 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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Dean’s Equity, Diversity and Social Inclusion Research Excellence Award
Badji, S. (Recipient), Petrie, D. (Recipient), de New, S. (Recipient) & Saxby, K. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
- 1 Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
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'Submission 10' Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee Bill 2023 [Provisions]
Greenacre, L. (Fellow), Badji, S. (Fellow) & Hartel, C. (Fellow)
2023Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
Press/Media
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NDIS cost scrutiny is intensifying again – the past shows this can harm health and wellbeing for people with disability
Badji, S., Petrie, D. & Kavanagh, A.
1/05/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment