Overview
Background
I am the Interim Director at The University of Queensland’s Centre for the Business and Economics of Health (CBEH). I also lead Health Technology Assessment for the Centre, which involves evaluating submissions made to the Australian Government to reimburse new medicines and medical devices through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS). My research is focused on the economic evaluation of health interventions to inform decision making and promote value-based health care. I have pioneered the application of Value of Information (Research) analysis to enhance the efficiency of clinical trials and maximise the return on investment from medical research.
I have extensive experience working with key stakeholders including consumers, clinicians, decision makers and researchers. I am chief investigator on over $40 million Category 1 grants from the NHMRC, MRFF and ARC. In addition, I lead several projects for the Department of Health and other peak organisations.
I chair the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR)-Oncology Group, and I am the past chair of the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia's (COSA)-Epidemiology Group and the Australian Clinical Trials Alliance (ACTA)-Research Prioritisation Group. I am an Associate Editor for Value in Health, and an Editorial Board Member for Medical Decision Making and PharmacoEconomics-open journals.
Availability
- Professor Haitham Tuffaha is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Griffith University
Research interests
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Economic Evaluation of Healthcare Interventions
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Health Technology Assessment
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Value-Based Health Care
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Cancer Economics
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Medications use and safety
Research impacts
My research has significantly influenced health policy in Australia and internationally and was pivotal in the allocation of almost $1 billion in new drugs and medical technologies in Australia over the past ten years. My research program about evaluating new health technologies using Value of Information/implementation analyses led to a paradigm shift in the economic evaluation of new interventions and improved patient access to health innovations (e.g., genetic testing, targeted therapies). My research shifted the way clinical trials are prioritised and funded towards a value-based approach, which informed the development of the Australian Clinical Trials Alliance Research Prioritisation Framework.
I have published over 100 peer reviewed articles and technical reports for leading organisations, including 45 technical reports for the Australian Government on the economic evaluation of novel drugs, devices and services for a range of conditions including cancer, genetic testing, cardiovascular disease and liver disease.
Works
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2024
Journal Article
The cost-effectiveness of germline BRCA testing in metastatic prostate cancer followed by cascade testing of first-degree relatives of mutation carriers
Teppala, Srinivas, Scuffham, Paul, Edmunds, Kim, Roberts, Matthew J., Fairbairn, David, Smith, David P., Horvath, Lisa and Tuffaha, Haitham (2024). The cost-effectiveness of germline BRCA testing in metastatic prostate cancer followed by cascade testing of first-degree relatives of mutation carriers. Value in Health. doi: 10.1016/j.jval.2024.06.019
2024
Journal Article
A preference-based value framework to assess healthcare provision in an oil and gas industry
Pak, Anton, Pols, Thomas, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas, McGrail, Matthew, Gurney, Tiana, Fox, Jordan L. and Tuffaha, Haitham (2024). A preference-based value framework to assess healthcare provision in an oil and gas industry. Australian Health Review. doi: 10.1071/ah24111
2024
Journal Article
Acceptability of a virtual prostate cancer survivorship care model in rural Australia: A multi-methods, single-centre feasibility pilot
Heneka, Nicole, Chambers, Suzanne K., Schaefer, Isabelle, Carmont, Kelly, Parcell, Melinda, Wallis, Shannon, Walker, Stephen, Tuffaha, Haitham, Steele, Michael and Dunn, Jeff (2024). Acceptability of a virtual prostate cancer survivorship care model in rural Australia: A multi-methods, single-centre feasibility pilot. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 32 (4), 815-826. doi: 10.1111/ajr.13149
2024
Journal Article
The cost-effectiveness of germline BRCA testing-guided olaparib treatment in metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer
Teppala, Srinivas, Scuffham, Paul A. and Tuffaha, Haitham (2024). The cost-effectiveness of germline BRCA testing-guided olaparib treatment in metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 40 (1) e14, e14. doi: 10.1017/s0266462324000011
2024
Other Outputs
(March 2024), MSAC Application No. 1766 – Genetic testing to detect AKT-pathway alterations in patients with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer, to determine eligibility for PBS subsidised capivasertib treatment, PICO Confirmation. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.
Yeoh, S., Hettiarachchi, R. and Tuffaha, H. (2024). (March 2024), MSAC Application No. 1766 – Genetic testing to detect AKT-pathway alterations in patients with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer, to determine eligibility for PBS subsidised capivasertib treatment, PICO Confirmation. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Commonwealth of Australia.
2024
Journal Article
Prostate Cancer Survivorship Essentials for men with prostate cancer on androgen deprivation therapy: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a tele-based nurse-led survivorship care intervention (PCEssentials Hormone Therapy Study)
Green, Anna, Newton, Robert U, Smith, David P, Tuffaha, Haitham, Galvão, Daniel A, Heathcote, Peter, Patel, Manish I, Christie, David, Egger, Sam, Sara, Sally AM, Heneka, Nicole, Chambers, Suzanne K and Dunn, Jeff (2024). Prostate Cancer Survivorship Essentials for men with prostate cancer on androgen deprivation therapy: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a tele-based nurse-led survivorship care intervention (PCEssentials Hormone Therapy Study). BMJ Open, 14 (3) e084412, 1-9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084412
2024
Journal Article
Cost-effectiveness analysis of human papillomavirus vaccines for the prevention of cervical cancer in India
Arora, Shiksha and Tuffaha, Haitham (2024). Cost-effectiveness analysis of human papillomavirus vaccines for the prevention of cervical cancer in India. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 20 (1), 55-62. doi: 10.1111/ajco.13962
2024
Book Chapter
Value of information: success stories
Kunst, Natalia, Wilson, Edward C. F., Tuffaha, Haitham, Jackson, Christopher, Welton, Nicky J., Jalal, Hawre and Alarid-Escudero, Fernando (2024). Value of information: success stories. Value of information for healthcare decision-making. (pp. 193-206) edited by Anna Heath, Natalia Kuns and Christopher Jackson. Boca Raton, FL, United States: Chapman and Hall/CRC. doi: 10.1201/9781003156109-6
2024
Book Chapter
The expected value of perfect or partial perfect information
Jackson, Christopher, Jalal, Hawre, Heath, Anna, Kunst, Natalia, Thom, Howard, Welton, Nicky J., Tuffaha, Haitham and Wilson, Edward C. F. (2024). The expected value of perfect or partial perfect information. Value of information for healthcare decision-making. (pp. 47-91) edited by Anna Heath, Natalia Kuns and Christopher Jackson. Boca Raton, FL, United States: Chapman and Hall/CRC. doi: 10.1201/9781003156109-3
2024
Book Chapter
Value of information: success stories
Kunst, Natalia, Wilson, Edward C. F., Tuffaha, Haitham, Jackson, Christopher, Welton, Nicky J., Jalal, Hawre and Alarid-Escudero, Fernando (2024). Value of information: success stories. Value of information for healthcare decision-making. (pp. 193-205) edited by Anna Heath, Natalia Kunst and Christopher Jackson. Boca Raton, FL, United States: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.1201/9781003156109
2023
Journal Article
Embedding stakeholder preferences in setting priorities for health research: Using a discrete choice experiment to develop a multi-criteria tool for evaluating research proposals
Taylor, William J., Tuffaha, Haitham, Hawley, Carmel M., Peyton, Philip, Higgins, Alisa M., Scuffham, Paul A., Nemeh, Fiona, Balagurunathan, Anitha, Hansen, Paul, Jacques, Angela and Morton, Rachael L. (2023). Embedding stakeholder preferences in setting priorities for health research: Using a discrete choice experiment to develop a multi-criteria tool for evaluating research proposals. PLoS One, 18 (12) e0295304, 1-12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0295304
2023
Conference Publication
Cost-Utility Analysis Of A Supervised Exercise Intervention For Women With Early-Stage Endometrial Cancer
Wang, Yufan, McCarthy, Alexandra L. and Tuffaha, Haitham (2023). Cost-Utility Analysis Of A Supervised Exercise Intervention For Women With Early-Stage Endometrial Cancer. HTAi 2023 Meeting, Adelaide, SA Australia, 24-28 June 2023. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/s0266462323001277
2023
Journal Article
A 10-year update to the principles for clinical trial data sharing by pharmaceutical companies: perspectives based on a decade of literature and policies
Modi, Natansh D., Kichenadasse, Ganessan, Hoffmann, Tammy C., Haseloff, Mark, Logan, Jessica M., Veroniki, Areti A., Venchiarutti, Rebecca L., Smit, Amelia K., Tuffaha, Haitham, Jayasekara, Harindra, Manning-Bennet, Arkady, Morton, Erin, McKinnon, Ross A., Rowland, Andrew, Sorich, Michael J. and Hopkins, Ashley M. (2023). A 10-year update to the principles for clinical trial data sharing by pharmaceutical companies: perspectives based on a decade of literature and policies. BMC Medicine, 21 (1) 400, 400. doi: 10.1186/s12916-023-03113-0
2023
Journal Article
A narrative review of health status and healthcare delivery in the oil and gas industry: impacts on employees, employers, and local communities
Fox, Jordan L., Gurney, Tiana, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas, Pols, Thomas A. H., Tuffaha, Haitham, Pak, Anton and McGrail, Matthew (2023). A narrative review of health status and healthcare delivery in the oil and gas industry: impacts on employees, employers, and local communities. Healthcare, 11 (21) 2888, 1-17. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11212888
2023
Other Outputs
(November 2023), MSAC Application No. 1713 – Cardiac MRI in the diagnosis of myocarditis, Department Contracted Assessment Report (DCAR). Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.
Edmunds, K., Hettiarachchi, R., Teppala, S., Shiksha, A., Madeline, O. and Tuffaha, H. (2023). (November 2023), MSAC Application No. 1713 – Cardiac MRI in the diagnosis of myocarditis, Department Contracted Assessment Report (DCAR). Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Commonwealth of Australia.
2023
Journal Article
Improved concordance of challenging human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 dual in-situ hybridisation cases with the use of a digital image analysis algorithm in breast cancer
Gough, Madeline, Liu, Cheng, Srinivasan, Bhuvana, Wilkinson, Lisa, Dunk, Louisa, Yang, Yuanhao, Schreiber, Veronika, Tuffaha, Haitham, Kryza, Thomas, Hooper, John D., Lakhani, Sunil R. and Snell, Cameron E. (2023). Improved concordance of challenging human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 dual in-situ hybridisation cases with the use of a digital image analysis algorithm in breast cancer. Histopathology, 83 (4), 647-656. doi: 10.1111/his.15000
2023
Other Outputs
(August 2023), MSAC Application No. 1749 - Insertion of durable ventricular assist device (VAD) for use as destination therapy, Applicant Developed Assessment Report (ADAR). Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.
Hettiarachchi, R. and Tuffaha, H. (2023). (August 2023), MSAC Application No. 1749 - Insertion of durable ventricular assist device (VAD) for use as destination therapy, Applicant Developed Assessment Report (ADAR). Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Commonwealth of Australia.
2023
Other Outputs
(August 2023), MSAC Application No. 1749 - Insertion of durable ventricular assist device (VAD) for use as destination therapy, PICO Confirmation. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.
Hettiarachchi, R. and Tuffaha, H. (2023). (August 2023), MSAC Application No. 1749 - Insertion of durable ventricular assist device (VAD) for use as destination therapy, PICO Confirmation. Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Commonwealth of Australia.
2023
Other Outputs
(August 2023), MSAC Application No. 1734 - Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) for the treatment of moderately or severely calcified peripheral artery disease, Applicant Developed Assessment Report (ADAR). Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.
Hettiarachchi, R. and Tuffaha, H. (2023). (August 2023), MSAC Application No. 1734 - Intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) for the treatment of moderately or severely calcified peripheral artery disease, Applicant Developed Assessment Report (ADAR). Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, ACT.. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Commonwealth of Australia.
2023
Conference Publication
Prostate Cancer Survivorship Essentials for men with prostate cancer on androgen deprivation therapy: protocol of an effectiveness-implementation hybrid (Type 1) randomised trial of a tele-based nurse-led survivorship care intervention (PCEssentials)
Green, Anna, Newton, Robert U., Chambers, Suzanne K., Smith, David P., Tuffaha, Haitham, Galvao, Daniel A., Heathcote, Peter, Patel, Manish, Christie, David, Egger, Sam, Sara, Sally, Heneka, Nicole and Dunn, Jeff (2023). Prostate Cancer Survivorship Essentials for men with prostate cancer on androgen deprivation therapy: protocol of an effectiveness-implementation hybrid (Type 1) randomised trial of a tele-based nurse-led survivorship care intervention (PCEssentials). 2023 ANZUP Annual Scientific Meeting, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 9‐11 July 2023. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/ajco.13976
Funding
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Evaluation of Indonesian Chronic Diseases Management Program: Patients participation, adherence to the treatment and cost-effectiveness of the program
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Adam La Caze, Dr Kim Edmunds
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Doctor Philosophy
Assessing the Value for Money of Integrating Exercise as Therapy after Gynaecological Cancer Treatment
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Sandie McCarthy
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- Cancer Economics
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