Nikki McCaffrey Clinical Oncology Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting 2022

Nikki McCaffrey

Associate Professor Nikki McCaffrey is an accomplished health economist specialising in the economics of cancer and palliative care with over 20 years’ experience in HTA and economic evaluation. She has attracted substantial research funding worth more than $12M and published over 70 articles, editorials, commentaries, reports, book chapters and peer-reviewed publications. Since 2017, Dr McCaffrey has led the Deakin Health Economics Cancer Stream and the Economics of Cancer Collaboration with Cancer Council Victoria (CCV). In 2020, Dr McCaffrey was awarded a four-year Victorian Cancer Agency Mid-Career Researcher Fellowship to provide evidence on the value for money of different prevention, detection and palliative care interventions. Dr McCaffrey also leads a successful NHMRC Partnership Project grant ($1.3M, 2021-2024) with CCV, the Victorian Department of Health, Breast Cancer Network Australia, the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia and Cancer Council Australia, to define the social return on investment of telephone cancer information and support services.