Dr Sabrina Lenzen

I’m a Research Fellow and Health Economist at The University of Queensland’s Centre for the Business and Economics of Health (CBEH). My expertise is in applied economics, using econometric and discrete choice modelling techniques. I am particularly passionate about improving the lives of older people with a focus on cognitive decline, dementia, informal and formal aged care.

My research is funded through competitive grants from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), Australian Research Council (ARC), and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). I am a Chief Investigator on two MRFF grants; one is evaluating the costs and benefits of a hearing and vision intervention in home care, and another evaluating alcohol harm reduction interventions. I am a postdoc on an ARC grant that utilises economic methods to align population needs to health care and service provision, and on an NHMRC grant developing and testing new models for understanding and improving the treatment of youth substance use. I was recently awarded the Junior Research Fellowship at the University Duisburg-Essen in Germany, which allowed me to visit the Health Economics Group at CINCH for the winter semester 2024 with whom I continue to colloborate.

I hold a Bachelors degree in Health Economics from the University of Cologne, Germany (Dean’s Awards) and a Masters degree in Health Economics from the Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands (Cum Laude Award). I received my PhD in Health Economics from the University of Queensland where I was awarded the BEL faculty HDR Excellent Award.