
Professor Stephen Jan
B.Ec, M.Ec, PhD
His areas of expertise are economic evaluation, health financing, health sector priority setting, Indigenous and global health issues. He was a member of the Lancet Taskforce on Non-Communicable Diseases and Economics. He has worked with governments, both in Australia and overseas, and with international agencies such as the WHO and industry.
He has a strong interest in training and organisational capacity building in Health Technology Assessment (HTA) and has been involved in projects in China (COACH) and India to investigate the translation of HTA evidence into government decision making.
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- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
- Patel B, Nand D, Khalif M, Jan S et al. Evaluating the impact, investment case and scale-up of 'Health Promoting Schools' in Fiji. Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases / NHMRC. 2023-2027 $1,388,931.80,
- Jan S, Palagyi A, Angell B, Wang S. The socioeconomic burden of rare kidney diseases USD$137,000. International Society of Nephrology 2022-23
- Jan S, Angell B, Palagyi A, Wang S. The investment case for new treatments for rare kidney diseases USD$137,000. International Society of Nephrology 2022-23
- Jan S, et al. COoperation between Australia and China in HTA (COACH) project. National Foundation for Australia-China Relations 2020-21 Competitive Grants Program (NFACR249) $100,000 2021-22
- Harvey L… Jan S et al. Early and intensive motor training (versus usual care) to enhance neurological recovery and function in people with spinal cord injury (SCI)The Early & Intensive SCI-MT Trial. NSW Translational Research Grant $2.5 million 2020-2024
- Jan S, Shanthosh J, Wilson A, Harpur S, et al Institutionalising health impact assessment to promote a whole-of-government approach to chronic disease prevention. The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre (PC3.2 ) $205,000 2019-2021.
- Shanthosh J, Jan S, Wilson A, Rychetnik L, et al Developing codes of practice as a means of activating new NCD-prevention provisions embedded within the South Australian Public Health Act 2011 $300,000 2019-2022.
- Neal B, Tian M, Wu Y, Appel L, Jan S, Liu H, Cobb L, Ma J, Wu J. A 5-year evaluation of the Resolve To Save Lives (RTSL) sodium reduction program in China. NHMRC Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases, $1 million AUD for 2019-2013 ( APP1169751)
- Wiseman et al (role CI) Improving the dispensing of antibiotics by private drug sellers in Indonesia: a missing ingredient in the fight against antimicrobial resistance Department of Foreign Affairs’ (DFAT) Stronger Systems for Health Security call for research (APP1153144) $1,910,000 2018-2021
- Fox et al (role: CI D) Combating the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistant infectious diseases in Vietnam: the V-RESIST study Department of Foreign Affairs’ (DFAT) Stronger Systems for Health Security call for research (APP1153346) 2018-2021 $2,437,893.00
Fellow of the Australia Academy of Health and Medical Sciences, 2019
NHMRC Principal Research Fellowship, 2017-2021
NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship, 2012-2016
NHMRC Career Development Award, 2007-2011
University of Sydney Medical Faculty Postgraduate Scholarship. Awarded 1999.
Health systems, health economics, program evaluation, equity, health policy and health financing.