Dr Thao Thai is a Research Fellow at the Monash University Health Economics Group (MUHEG) in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University. Her research interests fall into three main areas: (1) Applied and methodological reserach involving the use of stated preference methods such as discrete choice experiments, (2) Outcome measurement including qualitative and quantitative research on the psychometric performance of Health-related Quality of Life instruments, and (3) Indigenous Youth Mental Health with a focus on outcome measurement in Indigenous settings and economic evaluations of mental healthcare.

Dr Thai holds a PhD degree in Health Economics from Monash University, a Master of Health Economics (Advanced) from the University of Queensland, and a Bachelor of Pharmacy from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.  Dr Thai serves as the Editorial Board member of The Patient - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research journal and the convenor of the Australian Health Economics Society Health Preference Research Special Interest Group. She is a member of the International Academy of Health Preference Research.