Rate My Professor Dennis Petrie

Professor Dennis Petrie serves as Professor (Research) in the Centre for Health Economics within Monash Business School at Monash University. He holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) majoring in Econometrics, a Bachelor of Science majoring in Mathematics, and a PhD in Health Economics from the University of Queensland. His academic career centers on health economics, with expertise in health inequalities, applied econometrics, economic evaluations of healthcare interventions, and analyses of the economics of illicit drugs and alcohol, disability, and cancer. Petrie has led numerous economic evaluations alongside randomized controlled trials (RCTs), specializing in the use of large and complex datasets to inform health policy decisions focused on reducing health inequities. His research interests include risk and uncertainty, cost-effectiveness, and longitudinal measurement of health inequalities.

Petrie maintains a prolific publication record in leading health economics journals, including six papers in the Journal of Health Economics, ten in Health Economics, and six in Social Science & Medicine, alongside contributions to high-impact medical outlets such as The Lancet, JAMA, BMJ, PLOS Medicine, Addiction (two), Diabetologia, Diabetes Care (two), Clinical Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology (four). Selected key publications encompass "Alcohol consumption and atrial fibrillation risk: an overview of systematic reviews and network meta-analysis" (Hadi et al., 2026, Drug and Alcohol Review), "A multisite pilot type 2 hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial of a community pharmacist-led model of collaborative care for Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Dependence: outcomes of the EPIC-MATOD trial" (Nielsen et al., 2026, Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy), "Incorporating importance weights to measure the subjective wellbeing of people with disability? A comparison of several aggregation methods" (Badji et al., 2026, Social Indicators Research), "Specialist affordability and access for people with disability" (Taylor et al., 2026, The Australian Economic Review), and "Sustaining collaborations after a crisis: Australian disability and health policy and practice" (Dickinson et al., 2026, Policy and Society). In recognition of his contributions, he shared the Dean’s Equity, Diversity and Social Inclusion Research Excellence Award in 2020 with Samia Badji, Sonja de New, and Karinna Saxby. Petrie has organized conferences including the VAADA Victorian AOD Service Providers Conference (2024) and provided expert media commentary on policy issues such as NDIS cost scrutiny impacts on disability health and wellbeing (2023).