Tony Blakely

Epidemiologist who strays into economics. Interested in estimating the impact of interventions on population health and costs.

[Tony Blakely @TonyBlakely_PI]

More money and smarter choices: how to fix Australia's broken NHMRC medical research funding system https://t.co/dYdzP4h5Cv via @ConversationEDU

[Tony Blakely @TonyBlakely_PI]

More money and smarter choices: how to fix Australia's broken NHMRC medical research funding system https://t.co/pBk58SbIWT via @ConversationEDU

[Tony Blakely @TonyBlakely_PI]

SHINE is research infrastructure that enables rational policy making. Something a new Centers for Disease Control in Australia would benefit from. Blending data science, economics and epidemiology to inform policy. Next-generation knowledge synthesis.

[Tony Blakely @TonyBlakely_PI]

SHINE's tobacco endgame modelling for the NZ Gov was a basis for the Action Plan and regulatory impact statement. It shows massive health gains and health inequality reductions, savings to the health system, and increased incomes as people are healthier. https://t.co/0NsHOlTTdl

[Tony Blakely @TonyBlakely_PI]

First out of the blocks for SHINE is our tobacco endgame modelling for the NZ Government: https://t.co/0NsHOlTTdl

[Tony Blakely @TonyBlakely_PI]

We have launched SHINE = Scalable Health Intervention Evaluations. We estimate the health, inequality, and cost impacts of virtually any preventive intervention. https://t.co/6n132EnKSB

[Tony Blakely @TonyBlakely_PI]

Letting Omicron into Australia at high levels – a wise move or heresy? | Tony Blakely https://t.co/pvEdtxBodz

[The Australian COVID-19 Modelling Initiative @AUSCMI]

On November 8, we invite you to attend our 2nd webinar, featuring presentations on COVID-19 modelling to inform policy pathways and strategies to living with the virus, from academics at @UniMelb @BurnetInstitute @MonashUni @SydneyUni_Media and more. https://t.co/C6e25nrEyY

[Tony Blakely @TonyBlakely_PI]

Now online, this short course led by myself and Prof John Lynch will provide a systematic overview of epidemiological concepts and methods, building up from sources of error to bias analysis methods, and a range of contemporary methods. @unimelbMSPGH https://t.co/D0bQO16TNN

[Sunrise @sunriseon7]

Queensland's long-awaited road map to reopening has finally been revealed, with the first border barriers to come down once the state hits its 70 per cent double dose target. Epidemiologist @TonyBlakely_PI joined @Natalie_Barr to share his thoughts on the plan.

[Tony Blakely @TonyBlakely_PI]

Charting a way out of Victoria’s world-record lockdown and rising Covid case numbers
https://t.co/VtVYdl1Sgd

[UniMelb Newsroom @uommedia]

New modelling shows NSW, VIC and ACT should be 'okay' opening up with 70-80% of people double vaccinated against #COVID19 #Publichealth
#vaccine @unimelbMSPGH @TonyBlakely_PI
@hrs_andrabi

→https://t.co/PzSnBigzLN

[Tony Blakely @TonyBlakely_PI]

For many, this may be surprising. But because numbers are going down, and vaccine coverage is still increasing, opening up in NSW at 70% double vacc looks pretty safe.

[Tony Blakely @TonyBlakely_PI]

NSW should be ‘okay’ opening up https://t.co/AEhlgmj3Gd

[Tony Blakely @TonyBlakely_PI]

NSW should be ‘okay’ opening up https://t.co/AEhlgmj3Gd

[News Breakfast @BreakfastNews]

In NSW, close contacts of positive cases that are fully vaccinated will have their self-isolation time halved to 7 days.

@TonyBlakely_PI says, "Once the vaccine coverage is getting up across the whole population ... these are the sorts of rule changes you would expect."

[Melbourne School of Population and Global Health @unimelbMSPGH]

The #COVID-19 Pandemic Trade-Offs Report throws light on what next year might look like once we open up to the world. 🌏
@TonyBlakely_PI
@hrs_andrabi
https://t.co/Kcng9XxybZ

[Tony Blakely @TonyBlakely_PI]

2022 will be better. This 'COVID-19 Pandemic Trade-Offs' Report throws light on what next year might look like once we open up to the world. There is a pathway to and through 2022 that will be better than 2020 and 2021 https://t.co/3FOnnPVLjd

[Tony Blakely @TonyBlakely_PI]

Will we spend 2022 in lockdown? Here I discuss what 2022 could look like for Australians, looking at three different models, and what it'll take to pull off the best case scenario https://t.co/MHI2mS9NxT

[Nathan Grills @nandcgrills]

Zerocovid is gone. Its now time for a more commonsense approach to hotel quarantine and international arrivals... https://t.co/3IaNX5pTgc @UniMelbMDHS @NossalInstitute @AIinstitute @unimelbMSPGH @UniMelb @TonyBlakely_PI @enenbee

[News Breakfast @BreakfastNews]

Epidemiologist @TonyBlakely_PI says vaccinating children before Christmas will dampen transmission.

"My view is the fact that if we can vaccinate children, we help to lift our herd immunity of the whole population so we can be more resistant to this virus in the coming year."