Professor Stephen Jan
Conjoint Professor
B.Ec, M.Ec, PhD
Medicine & Health
School of Biomedical Sciences
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.
- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- 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.
My Research Supervision
Viola Korzcak, Sam Crosby, Siyuan Wang, Lizheng Xu, Maddie Heenan, Joanna Sen
My Teaching
Current
Course organiser
- Masters of Health Policy. The School of Public Health University of Sydney. Organiser of health economics module delivered since 2006.
- NSW Ministry of Health Public Health Officer Training Program. Health Economics Module. Biannually since 2014.
- One Day Health Economics Workshop. Health Economics Collaboration. The George Institute for International Health. Held periodically since 2006.
Guest Lecture
- Annual lecture Masters of International Public Health, School of Public Health, University of Sydney (since 2013)
Previous
Examiner
- External examiner. ‘Economics of Health Systems’, Masters of Health Policy, University of Cape Town (2009-2012)
- External examiner. Diploma of Health Economics. University of Cape Town – online course (2008- 2012)
Course organiser
- Economics Analysis for Management and Policy. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine MSc Programme (Study Unit Organiser 2002-05; Seminar Leader 2001-05).
- Introductory Health Economics. Bachelor of Applied Science (Health Information Management), School of Health Information Management, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney 1996, 1997 (series of 4 lectures).
- People’s University. Online Certificate in Health Economics through Manchester Metropolitan University. Volunteer topic organiser for Health Economics Module. 2009-13.
Guest Lectures
- Guest lecture (Health economics). Masters of Public Health 2010
- Guest lecture (Health economics). Masters of International Public Health, 2010 - 2016
- Health Care Financing Workshop for UNICEF. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. October 2009 (travel costs covered, plus fee)
- Introductory Health Economics. The Faculty of Public Health Medicine, Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 21 May 2009
- Economic evaluation and health promotion. The World Bank Disease Prevention Project – Health Promotion Component, University of Sydney, 11-12 October 1999.
- Principles of microeconomics. Master of Public Health, University of Sydney, 1999, 2000.
- Approaches to problems in public health. Master of Public Health, University of Sydney, 1999.
- Economic evaluation. Master of Public Health, University of Sydney, 1999.
- Introductory health economics. NSW Department of Health Public Health Officer Training program, November 1998.
- Introductory health economics. Bachelor of Medicine, Year IV, University of Sydney 1998, 1999.
- Introductory health economics, Master of Public Health Dentistry, University of Sydney, 1994 and 1995.
Tutoring
- Graduate Diploma in Health Economics (Distance based learning course). SPHERe, University of Sydney in 2000 and Curtin University of Technology 2000-2006.
- Public Health Officer Training. NSW Health. A two day workshop run by the Australian Institute for Health Policy in Nov 2005. I was one of the tutors.
- Introductory Health Economics. London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine MSc Programme. (Seminar Leader 2001-05)
- Advanced Health Economics (HSM 301). MSc in Health Services Management (Distance based learning). Course tutor (2001-2).
- Essentials of Health Economics Financing (ID401) MSc in Infectious Diseases. (Distance based learning). Course tutor (2001-2).
- Health Economics and Financing (HSM 103). MSc in Health Services Management (Distance based learning). Course tutor (2001-2).
- Introductory health economics. Master of Public Health, University of Sydney, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996.
Examiner on PhD theses:
- Arie Rahadi, Unversity of Melbourne (Oct 2018)
- Tiemin Zhai, University of Canberra (Sept 2018)
- Asif Raza Khowaja, University of British Columbia (March 2018)
- Fernando Garcia, Queensland University of Technology (January 2017)
- Shoko Maru, Griffith University (August 2016)
- Mohammad Alam, Monash University (May 2015)
- Julie Abimanyi-Ochom, Monash University (August 2012)
- John Ashmore, University of Cape Town, South Africa (April 2012)
- Kathy Flitcroft, University of Sydney (September 2011)
- Katherine Ong, University of Melbourne (December 2010)
- Muralikrishnan Kartha, University of NSW, (Nov 2010)
- Henry Zhang, University of NSW (October 2009)
- Kate Halton, Queensland University of Technology (September 2009)
- Merrilyn Banks, Queensland University of Technology (March 2008)
- Sue Cleary. University of Cape Town South Africa (August 2007)
- Tran Tuan, University of Newcastle, NSW (June 2004)
- Augustine D Asante, School of Public Health and Community Medicine
University of New South Wales, NSW (Feb 2006).
- Giselle Gallego. Department of Pharmacy, University of Sydney. (June 2006).
Examiner on dissertations
- Examiner on numerous treatises, Master of Public Health, University of Sydney.
- Examiner on dissertation, Master of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town