Katherine Eddy
International Health Project Officer
Working groups
Background
Katherine commenced as a research project officer in maternal and child health at Burnet Institute while completing a Masters of Public Health at the University of Melbourne. Her areas of specialisation include health economics and economic evaluation, qualitative evidence synthesis, and gender and maternal health.
Prior to her career shift to public health, Katherine worked in economic regulation and competition policy as an assistant director at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), conducting economic and data analysis and providing policy advice on competition matters for the benefit of Australian consumers.
Qualifications
- 2020: Masters of Public Health, University of Melbourne, Australia
- 2009: Bachelor of Commerce (economics) and Bachelor of Arts (history), Monash University, Australia
Positions
- 2020: International Health Project Officer, Global Women’s and Newborns Health, Burnet Institute
Burnet publications
View 14 moreCost‐effectiveness of interventions for screening and management of sickle cell disease during pregnancy: A systematic review
Jenny Jung et al
The cost-effectiveness of interventions used for the screening, diagnosis and management of anaemia in pregnancy: A systematic review
PLOS Global Public Health
Connor Allen et al
Perceptions and experiences of the prevention, identification and management of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia: a qualitative evidence synthesis
Cochrane library
Katherine E. Eddy et al
Current projects
Global collaboration to prevent pre-eclampsia with aspirin
PEARLS is the world’s largest study on aspirin use to prevent pre-eclampsia.
Living guidelines in maternal and perinatal health
We're supporting the World Health Organization's portfolio of more than 400 recommendations related to the care of pregnant, childbearing and postpartum women and newborns globally.
Past projects
Implementing the WHO Labour Care Guide to reduce the use of Caesarean section in four hospitals in India
We're helping implement the World Health Organization's (WHO) Labour Care Guide into four hospitals in India.
WHO recommendations on antenatal corticosteroids and tocolytics
We supported updates to the World Health Organization’s recommendations on the use of certain medications to improve preterm birth outcomes.