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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 479 8087
Email
trudy.sullivan@otago.ac.nz
Position
Professor
Department
Department of Public Health (Dunedin)
Qualifications
BCom(Hons) PhD(Otago)
Research summary
Health economics and multi-criteria decision analysis
Teaching
  • PUBH 735 Economics of Health Policy Decision Making
  • PUBH 736 Economic Evaluation

Research

Trudy is a Professor in health economics in the Department of Public Health (Dunedin), and a health economist at the Faculty of Medicine, offering health economics collaboration and advice.

Trudy's main research interests are in the areas of health economics and multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA). She has used a MCDA to develop a framework that can be used by decision-makers to prioritise publicly-funded health care, and is currently using MCDA to develop frameworks for other publicly-funded services.

Publications

Harcombe, H., Davie, G., Barson, D., Maclennan, B., & Sullivan, T. (2026). Comorbidities in major trauma patients in New Zealand: A retrospective cohort study of prevalence and associations with healthcare utilisation, mortality and cost. Injury. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2026.113721 Journal - Research Article

Takele, G. M., Sullivan, T., Samaranayaka, A., Åström, M., Herdman, M., Arega, G., & Derrett, S. (2026). Generic health-related quality of life instruments among children and adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review. Systematic Reviews, 15, 56. doi: 10.1186/s13643-025-03060-2 Journal - Research Article

Leung, W., Reddel, H. K., Hung, T., Weatherall, M., Pelzer, I., Holliday, M., Sullivan, T., … Baker, M. G., … Beasley, R., & Hancox, R. J. (2026). Cost-effectiveness of as-needed budesonide-formoterol in adults with mild asthma: The Novel START trial. ERJ Open Research, 12(1), 00949-2025. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00949-2025 Journal - Research Article

Otchere, G., Fusheini, A., Gauld, R., Ankomah, S. E., Sullivan, T., & Penno, E. (2025). Facilitators and barriers for public-private partnerships for universal health coverage in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review. Health Policy & Planning. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czaf100 Journal - Research Article

Sole, G., Olds, M., Bell, R., Douglas, C., Samaranayaka, A., Sullivan, T., … Swain, N. (2025). Stepped rehabilitation of people with persistent shoulder pain in New Zealand (StePS-NZ): A randomised clinical trial protocol. Trials, 26, 469. doi: 10.1186/s13063-025-09174-1 Journal - Research Other

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