Zobaida Ahmed Piu

I am a PhD candidate at the Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy (MUCHE). My work focuses on the intersection of health preference and economic evaluation, employing microeconometric methods to explore how preference heterogeneity influences individual decision-making and its impact on the economic policy design. I have applied preference elicitation techniques to enhance economic evaluation modeling. In addition to my PhD project, I am currently expanding my research skills by contributing to a range of projects across the fields of economics and health economics.

• Ahmed, Z., Gu, Y., Sinha, K., Mutowo, M., Gauld, N., & Parkinson, B., A qualitative exploration of the over-the-counter availability of oral contraceptive pills in Australia., PloS One, 19, 6, e0305085–e0305085, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0305085
• Piu Z A, Sinha K, Magnani E, Women’s agency and HIV/AIDS knowledge deprivation: An analysis of married women in Bangladesh, Accepted, Feminist economics
• Piu Z A and Khanam M., Women empowerment and Maternal Healthcare Utilization: Evidence from Bangladesh, Social Science Review. The Dhaka University Studies, Part-D, Vol.36, no.1, pp. 149-166, 2019
• Bhuiyan SM, Sultana N, Piu ZA and Khanam M, Regional Differences and the Determinants of Caesarean Delivery in Bangladesh: An Analysis Using BDHS Data, Oriental Geographer, vol.59 , no.1&2, pp.67-82, 2018
• Khanam M and Piu Z A, Determinants of Health Care Utilization Among the Aged People in Bangladesh, Social Science Review [The Dhaka University Studies, Part-D], vol.35 , no.2, pp.191-204, 2018

1. Exploration on the availability of non-prescription oral contraceptive pill in Australia: Attributes and levels development for a Discrete Choice Experiment, 14th International Annual Health Preference Conference, June 2023, Sydney, Australia

2. A protocol on Consumer Preference for attributes associated with over-the-counter oral contraceptive pills in Australia: A Discrete Choice Experiment 44th Australian Health Economics Society Conference, September 2023, Adelaide, Australia

3. Using Discrete Choice Experiments to enhance Economic Evaluation Modelling: The Case of Oral Contraceptive Pills Reclassification, European Health Economics Association Conference, July 2024,Vienna, Austria

4. Consumer Preference for attributes associated with over-the-counter oral contraceptive pills in Australia: A Discrete Choice Experiment, 45th Australian Health Economics Society Conference, September 2024, Sydney, Australia

1. Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship (MQRES), 2021

2. Macquarie University Centre for Health Economy top up Scholarship, 2021

3. Post Graduate Research Grant (PGRF), Macquarie University, round 1, 2024

4. Macquarie University Research Training Program (Master of Research) – Stipend MQ Research Training Prog (MRes) Stipend, Session 1, 2019

5. Session 2 Awarded the Macquarie University Research Training Program (Master of Research) Stipend MQ Research Training Prog (MRes) Stipend, Session 2, 2019

6. The Department of Economics prize for ECON713 - Applied Topics in Macroeconomics, 2019

7. Education board merit scholarship for outstanding result in H.S.C, 2011-2012

8. Education board merit scholarship for outstanding result in S.S.C, 2009-2010

Project title: The economic exploration of Oral Contraceptive Pills in Australia: Consumer preference and welfare

1. A qualitative exploration on the availability of non-prescription oral contraceptive pill in Australia (Published)

2. Do Australian consumers prefer accessing oral contraceptive pills over the counter? A discrete choice experiment (submitted to Social Science and Medicine Journal)

3. Integrating Discrete Choice Experiment Parameters into an Economic Evaluation Framework

4. Health Literacy: A mediator in the association between education and the use of oral contraceptive pills.

1. Patient Preferences for Knee Replacement Surgery in Australia: A Discrete Choice Experiment (In progress) by Macquarie University Centre for Health Economy.

2. Developing a new quality of life measure for hearing impairment: a qualitative study (In progress) by Macquarie University Centre for Health Economy.

3. Responsiveness of urban primary healthcare delivery provisions in Bangladesh: comparative analysis” conducted by Institute of Health Economics, 2018

4. Comparative study of health insurance model conducted by Institute of Health Economics, University of Dhaka, 2017

5. Doctor Patient relationship: Evidence from Bangladesh conducted by Institute of Health Economics, University of Dhaka, 2019

1. Summer school in Health Economics, University of Hamburg, Germany, 2021

2. Discrete Choice Analysis course, University of Sydney, 2021

3. Practical Methods in Economic Evaluation, University of Melbourne, 2024

4. Data visualization and Health Econometrics Workshop, Macquarie University, 2019

Australian Citizen

Bonny Parkinson

Associate Professor

Macquarie University

Email: bonny.parkinson@mq.edu.au

Phone: +61418 836 939

Yuanyuan Gu

Associate Professor

Macquarie University Centre for Health Economy,

Macquarie University

yuanyuan.gu@mq.edu.au

Phone: +61423434580