Dr Portia Cornell

Senior Research Fellow

Portia is a health economist with research interest in aged care, social care in the health system, and social determinants of health. Her expertise is in using econometric methods to evaluate complex health-system and policy interventions using experimental and quasi-experimental design.

Her role in the Validitron is to identify measurable quality and economic outcomes connected to digital health interventions that will facilitate the adoption and funding of new technologies by health system partners and government stakeholders. She is also interested in policy incentives and barriers to the adaptation of digital health solutions.