Utsana Tonmukayakul

Highly skilled health economics research fellow who can work autonomously or in cross-functional teams to ensure rigorous data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Proficient in producing high-impact research publications and fostering industry partnerships. Committed to securing research funding and building a robust national research record. Ready to bring my expertise in health economics and outcome research expertise and collaborative teamwork to advance the goal of the Health Economics and Policy Evaluation Research Group, Centre for Medicine Use and Safety in the capacity of a research fellow.

• Contributed to a successful NHMRC-funded research on a minimally invasive approach for early childhood caries management in Aboriginal preschoolers, securing grants totalling of $65,000 from 2017-2021.
• Conducted a comprehensive literature review on the health economics of cerebral palsy in collaboration with Emeritus Professor Rob Carter and Dr. Sophy Shih, receiving $41,274 in funding from VIC Managed Insurance Authority in 2016.
• Successfully obtained a $6,690 grant from VicHealth in 2023 for a project aimed at increasing physical activity among young adults with disabilities.
• Played a key role in the Quality in General Practice Trial (EQuIP-GP) Phase 1&2, funded with $6,000 from the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 2022.

• Western Australia Health Department, Endorsed research findings for implementation of the atraumatic restorative treatment training for oral health therapists.
• Thai Government, Included the disposable adult diapers for incontinent patients in the universal benefit package.

• Model-based cost-utility analysis of salt reduction strategies.
• Assessing economic impact and cost-effectiveness of fluoride varnish application on deciduous teeth.
• Determining willingness-to-pay for community gym entry in young adults with disabilities.

Under journal review

· Development of algorithms for estimating the Child Health Utility 9D from Caregivers Priorities & Child Health Index of Life with Disabilities. 

Tonmukayakul U, Willoughby K, Mihalopoulos C, Reddihough D, Mulhern B, Chen G.

Submitted to Quality of Life Research on 7 October 2023 

· Cost-effectiveness of minimal invasive treatment in Indigenous childhood. Tonmukayakul U, Kularatna S, Piggot S, Atkinson D, Brennan D, Jamieson L, Arrow P. Submitted to Journal of Dentistry on 15 August 2023

· Cost-utility analysis of a minimally invasive treatment in Aboriginal children. Tonmukayakul U, Kularatna S, Atkinson D, Jamieson L, Arrow P. Submitted to Journal of Dentistry on 15 August 2023

· Economic evaluation of rigid wrist-hand orthoses in children with cerebral palsy. Tonmukayakul U, Carter R, Wallen M, Hoare B, Garberllini S, Elliott C, Shih S, Adair B, Reddihough D, Imms C. Submitted to Health Policy and Technology on 25 August 2023

Accepted

· Weerasuriya R, Rohde A, Senanayake S, Kulratna S, Tonmukayakul U, Arrow P, Jamieson L, Hettiarachchi R (2023) Comparison of the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale (ECOHIS-4D) and Child Health Utility Index (CHU-9D) in children with oral diseases. Accepted by Comm Dent Oral Epidemiol on 26 Sep 2023

Published journal articles

1) Arrow P, Piggott S, Atkinson D, Brennan D, Tonmukayakul U, Kularatna S, Nanda S, Jamieson S, Nanda S (2023) Dental enamel defects and dental caries of primary teeth among Indigenous children in Western Australia. Aus Dent J. Mar;68(1):35-41. https://doi.org/10.1111/adj.12948

2) Nguyen TM, Tonmukayakul U, Le LKD, Singh A, Lal A, Ananthapavan J, Calache H, Mihalopoulos C (2023) Modeled health economic and equity impact on dental caries and health outcomes from a 20% sugar sweetened beverages tax in Australia. Health Economics. https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4739

3) Nguyen TM, Rogers H, Taylor GD, Tonmukayakul U, Lin C, Hall M, Calache H, Vernazza C (2023) Fit for Purpose? The Suitability of Oral Health Outcome Measures to Inform Policy. JDR Clinical & Translational Research.  https://doi:10.1177/23800844231189997

4) Hettiarachchi RM, Arrow P, Senanayake S, Carter K, Brain D, Norman R, Tonmukayakul U, Jamieson L, Kularatna S (2022) Developing an Australian utility value set for the Early Childhood Oral Health Impact Scale-4D (ECOHIS-4D) using a discrete choice experiment. The European Journal of health Economics https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10198-022-01542-x

5) Nguyen TM, Tonmukayakul U, Le LK, Calache H, Mihalopoulos C (2022) Economic Evaluations of Preventive Interventions for Dental Caries and Periodontitis: A Systematic Review. Applied Health Economics and Health Policy. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40258-022-00758-5

6) Kularatna S, Amilani U, Senanayake S, Tonmukayakul U, Jamieson L, Arrow P (2022) Developing an early childhood oral health impact-specific health-state classification system for a new preference-based instrument, the ECOHIS-4D. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cdoe.12650

7) Nguyen TM, Tonmukayakul U, Hall M, Calache H (2022) Cost-effectiveness analysis of silver diamine fluoride to divert dental general anaesthesia compared to standard care. Australian Dental Journal. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/adj.12936

8) Young D, Reynolds J, Tonmukayakul U, Carter R, Swift E, Williams K, McDonald R, Reddihough D, Carracher R, Ireland P, Tracy J, Kenyon C, Gibbs L (2022) An intervention to improve the self-efficacy of key workers to support parental wellbeing at an early childhood intervention service in Australia: a stepped wedged randomized cluster trial. Disability and Rehabilitation https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09638288.2022.2117865

9) Nguyen TM, Tonmukayakul U, Calache H (2021) Evaluation of an intervention to promote minimally invasive dentistry (MID) in an Australian community dental agency – A pilot study. Int J Dent Hyg. Nov;20(4): 627-634 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/idh.12523

10) Eckermann S, McCaffrey N, Tonmukayakul U, Swann C, Vella S (2021) Multiple effects health economic evaluation of the Ahead of The Game study for mental health promotion in sporting club communities. Health Economics Reviews. https://healtheconomicsreview.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13561-021-00323-1

11) Arrow P, Piggott S, Carter S, McPhee R, Atkison D, Mackean T, Kularatna S, Tonmukayakul U, Brennan D, Nanda S, Palmer D, Jamieson L (2021) Atraumatic restorative treatments in Australian Aboriginal Communities: A cluster-randomized trial. JDR Clinical and Translational Research. Vol. 6, pp.430-439 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2380084420963949

12) Gao L, Luo W, Tonmukayakul U, Moodie M, Chen C (2021) Mapping MacNew Heart Disease quality of life questionnaire onto country-specific EQ-5D-5L utility scores: a comparison of traditional regression models with a machine learning technique. European Journal of Health Economics. Vol.22, pp. 341-350 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10198-020-01259-9

13) Nguyen T, Tonmukayakul U, Calache H (2021) A cost analysis of an outreach school-based dental program: Teeth on wheels. Children. Vol.8(2) https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/2/154

14) Young D, Gibbs L, Gilson K, Williams K, Reddihough D, Tracy J, Tonmukayakul U, R Carter (2021) Understanding key worker experiences at an Australian Early Childhood Intervention Service. Health and Social Care in the Community. Vol. 29. Pp. e269-e278 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hsc.13350

15) Tonmukayakul U, Forrest H, Arrow P (2021) Cost-effectiveness analysis of atraumatic restorative treatment to manage early childhood caries: microsimulation modelling. Australian Dental Journal. Vol. 66, pp. S63-S70 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/adj.12857

16) Arrow P, Piggott S, Carter S, McPhee R, Atkinson D, Brennan D, Kularatna S, Tonmukayakul U, Nanda S, Mackean T, Jamieson L (2021) Atraumatic restorative treatments and oral health-related quality of life and dental anxiety in Australian Aboriginal children; a cluster-randomized trial. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cdoe.12704

17) Lal A, Peters A, Brown V, Nguyen P, Tran HNQ, Nguyen T, Tonmukayakul U, Sacks G, Calache H, Martin J, Moodie M, Ananthapavan J. The modelled population obesity-related benefits of reducing consumption of discretionary foods in Australia. Nutrients (2020): 12(3): 1-14 https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12030649

18) Tonmukayakul U, Imms C, Mihalopoulos C, Reddihough D, Carter R, Mulhern B, Chen G. Health-related quality of life and upper limb impairment in children with cerebral palsy: comparing and mapping CPQoL-Child and CHU9D. Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology (2020): 62, pp.854-860  https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.14488

19) Nguyen TM, Tonmukayakul U, Warren E, Cartwright S, Liew D. A Markov cost-effective analysis of analysis of biannual fluoride varnish for preventing dental caries in permanent teeth over a 70-year time horizon, Health Promotion Journal of Australia, pp. 1-7, https://doi:10.1002/hpja.283

20) Nguyen TM, Tonmukayakul U, Calache H. A dental workforce strategy to make Australian public dental services more efficient. Human Resources for Health (2019);17(37) https://human-resources-health.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12960-019-0370-8

21) Davis E, Young D, Gilson KM, Reynolds J, Carter R, Tonmukayakul U, Williams K, Gibbs L, McDonald R, Reddihough D, Tracy J, Morgan J, Ireland P, Kenyon C, Carracher R. A capacity building program to improve the self-efficacy of key workers to support the well-being of parents of a child with a disability accessing an Early Childhood Intervention Service: Protocol for a stepped-wedge design trial. JMIR Res Proc (2019): 8(4): e12531 https://doi.org/10.2196/12531

22) Tonmukayakul U, Le LK, Mudiyanselage SB, Engel L, Bucholc J, Mulhern B, Carter R, Mihalopoulos C. A systematic review of utility values in children with cerebral palsy. Quality of Life Research (2018) https://doi: 10.1007/s11136-018-1955-8

23) Arrow P, McPhee R, Atkinson D, Mackean T, Kularatna S, Tonmukayakul U, Brennen D, Palmer D, Nanda S, Jamieson L. Minimally invasive dentistry based on atraumatic restorative treatment to manage early childhood caries in rural and remote aboriginal communities: protocol for a randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocol (2018), July 25;7(7). https://doi: 10.2196/10322

24) Davis E, Young D, Gilson KM, Swift E, Chan J, Gibbs L, Tonmukayakul U, Reddihough D, Williams K. A rights-based approach for service providers to measure the quality of life of children with a disability. Value in Health (2018) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2018.05.009

25) Tonmukayakul U, Shih S, Bourke-Taylor H, Imms C, Reddihough D, Cox L, Carter R. Systematic review of the economic impact of cerebral palsy. Research in Developmental Disabilities (2018), Vol.80. pp.93-101

26) Shih S, Tonmukayakul U, Imms C, Reddihough D, Graham K, Cox L, Carter R. Economic evaluation and cost of interventions for cerebral palsy: a systematic review. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology (2018) https://doi.org/10.1111/dmcn.13653

27) Tonmukayakul U, Arrow P. Cost-effectiveness analysis of the atraumatic restorative treatment-based approach to managing early childhood caries. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology (2017), Vol. 45, pp. 92-100 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cdoe.12265

28) Clark R, Tonmukayakul U, Mangan Y, Smith M, Gussy M, Manton D, Bailey D, Calache H. Measuring adherence to evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice (2017), Vol. 17, pp. 301-309

29) Marino R, Tonmukayakul U, Manton D, Stranieri A, Clarke K. Cost-analysis of teledentistry in residential aged care facilities. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare (2016), Vol. 22, pp. 326-332

30) Tonmukayakul U, Rachel M, Clark R, Brownbill J, Manton D, Martin H, Armfield J, Michael S, Shankumar R, Sivasithamparam K, Martin-Kerry J, Calache H. Protocol for the Hall Technique study: A trial to measure clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of stainless steel crowns for dental caries restoration in primary molars in young children. Contemporary Clinical Trial (2015) Vol. 44, pp. 36-41

31) Tonmukayakul U, Sia KL, Gold L, Shalika H, de Silva A, Moodie M. Economic models of preventive dentistry for Australian children and adolescents. Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry (2015) Vol.13, no. 6, pp. 481-494

32) Teerawattananon Y, Anothaisintawee T, Tantivess S, Wattanadilokkul U, Krajaisri P, Yotphumee S, Wongviseskarn J, Tonmukayakul U, Khampang R. Effectiveness of diapers among people with chronic incontinence in Thailand. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care(2015) Vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 249-255

33) Tonmukayakul U, Calache H, Clark R, Wasiak J, Faggion C. Systematic review and quality appraisal of economic evaluation publications in dentistry. Journal of Dental Research (2015), Vol. 94. No. 10, pp. 1348-54

34) Marino R, Hopcraft M, Tonmukayakul U, Manton d, Marwaha P, Stanieri A, Collman R, Clarke K. Teleconsultation/telediagnosis using teledentistry technology: a pilot feasibility study. International Journal on Advanced in Life Sciences (2014) Vol. 6, no. 3&4, pp. 291-299

35) Tonmukayakul U, Velasco R, Tantivess S, Teerawattananon Y. Lessons drawn from research utilization in maternal iodine supplementation policy development in Thailand. BMC Public Health (2012) Vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 1-4

36) Narksawat K, Boonthum A, Tonmukayakul U. roles of parents in preventing dental caries in the primary dentition among preschool children in Thailand. Asia-Pacific journal of Public Health (2011) Vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 209-216

37) Narksawat K, Tonmukayakul U, Boonthum A. Association between nutritional status and dental caries in permanent dentition among primary schoolchildren aged 12-14 years, Thailand. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health (2009). Vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 338-344

Book chapters

1) Clovis M, Faggion CM, Tonmukayakul U. Case study in dentistry in Biondi-Zoccai, G (ed), Umbrella reviews - Evidence synthesis with overviews of reviews and meta-epidemiologic studies: Case study in Dentistry, Springer, (2016) pp. 217-234. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25655-9_15

2) Moodie M, Tonmukayakul U, Gao L. Introduction to Economic Evaluation in Oral Health Care: Chapter 6 Interpreting Economic Evaluation in Oral Health, Springer, (2022) pp. 85-100. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96289-0

Reports

1) Tonmukayakul U, Shih S, Carter R. Literature review & synthesis for VMIA - Cerebral Palsy: Intervention & Health Economics. Prepared for the Victorian Manage Insurance Agency (VMIA) (2016)

2) Martin R, Calache H, Tonmukayakul U, Hall M, Smith M. Improving the oral health of young children through the statewide rollout of the Hall Technique. Prepared for William Buckland Foundation (2016)

3) Tonmukayakul U, Arrow P. Cost-effectiveness analysis of the hybrid Atraumatic Restorative Treatment (h-ART) approach to managing early childhood caries: a randomized control trial. Prepared for the Western Australia Dental Health Services (2015)

4) Tonmukayakul U, Gold L, Carter R. Costing of the Minimal Intervention Dentistry (MID) and quality of life of participating population. Prepared for Dental Health Services Victoria (2015)

5) Tonmukayakul U, Hedge S, Moodie M, de Silva A. Assessing the Cost Effectiveness of Oral Health Interventions (ACE-OH): Phase One Study. Prepared for Dental Health Services Victoria (2013)

6) Tonmukayakul U, Thiboonboon K, Leelahavarong P. Cost Utility analysis and budget impact analysis of imiglucerase for treatment of Gaucher disease patients (in Thai language). Prepared for Thai National List of Essential Medicine subcommittee, Ministry of Public Health (2012)

7) Pattanaphesaj J, Tonmukayakul U, Teerawattananon Y. Cost-benefit analysis of prenatal screening and diagnosis for Down syndrome in Thailand (in Thai language). Prepared for Thai Health Promotion Foundation and Bureau of Policy and Strategy, Ministry of Public Health (2011)

8) Tonmukayakul U, Wongviseskarn J, Wattanadilokkul U, Krajaisri P, Yotphumee S, Wuttisrai T, Deebookkam P, Budchon R, Kamphang R, Tantivess S, Teerawattananon Y. Economic evaluation of disposable adult diapers with incontinence (in Thai language). Prepared for Thai Universal Health Coverage Package subcommittee, National Health Security Office (2011)

9) Tonmukayakul U, Wongviseskarn J, Wattanadilokkul U, Krajaisri P, Yotphumee S, Wuttisrai T, Deebookkam P, Budchon R, Kamphang R, Tantivess S, Teerawattananon Y. Economic evaluation of disposable adult diapers with incontinence (in Thai language). Prepared for Thai Universal Health Coverage Package subcommittee, National Health Security Office (2011)

10) Perez R, Tonmukayakul U, Teerawattananon Y, Tantivess S. Evidence for maternal supplementation policy in Thailand. Prepared for Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health (2010)