Dr Madhan Balasubramanian is a Senior Lecturer in Health Care Management at the College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University. Madhan's interests broadly lie at the intersection of health policy, health systems and health services. He has a public health and health management background, with a focus on the future design and sustainable development of core health system components and developing integrated systems to address the sustainable development goals. He brings an excellent track record, relative to opportunity.
Madhan has specific research interests in aged care services, integrated care pathways, health workforce, methodological issues in health services research and health data science.
He completed his PhD at the University of Adelaide (2015) and held a prestigious NHMRC Sidney Sax Fellowship (public health and health services) at the University of Sydney and Kings College London (2017-2021). Prior to his role at Flinders, Madhan was a Research Fellow and Lecturer at the Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney.
Madhan has published over 35+ scientific research articles. He has won three nationally competitive Australian Government fellowships. Overall, he has received over a million Australian dollars in nationally/internationally competitive fellowships (as CIA), in addition to scholarships and academic prizes.
He has active research projects that he conceptualised and developed across two states in Australia (NSW and SA), and internationally in the United Kingdom and India. He has also worked extensively on national surveys and longitudinal studies and has several ongoing studies on health data science, health management, health services, health workforce and aged care. His work has shown an upward trajectory of citations (n=600; google scholar) and is projected to triple in the next 3 years.
Experience
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2017–presentVisiting Research Fellow, University of Adelaide
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2017–presentNHMRC Sidney Sax Research Fellow, Kings College London
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2017–presentNHMRC Sidney Sax Research Fellow, University of Sydney
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2013–2017Branch Councillor, Australasian College of Health Services Management
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2016–2017Honorary Associate, University of Sydney
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2015–2016Endeavour Research Fellow, FDI World Dental Federation
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2014–2016Research Associate, University of Adelaide
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2009–2014Research Officer, University of Adelaide
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2008–2009Australia-India Council Fellow, Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
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2008–2008Project Director, Apollo Hospitals Group
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2006–2008R&D Coordinator, Apollo Hospitals Group, India
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2006–2008Lecturer in Health Services and Hospital Management, Apollo Hospitals Group & Osmania University
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2004–2006Teaching Assistant & Part time Lecturer, Griffith University
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2003–2004Dental Surgeon & Clinical Camps Administrator (Rural and Remote services), Sir Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama
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2004–2004Volunter Research Assistant, Australian Red Cross
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1997–2003Grants coordinator & rural project lead (part time), Gramium, a charity foundation for rural empowerment
Education
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2015University of Adelaide, PhD (Dentistry; Public Health and Health Services)
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2006Griffith University, MHSM (Honours)
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2003The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, BDS
Publications
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2018Health behaviours and quality of life in independently living South Australians aged 75 years or older., Australian Dental Journal
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2018Moving from advocacy to activism? The fourth WHO global forum on human resources for health (HRH) and implications for dentistry, British Dental Journal
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2018Licensing, Regulation and International movement of Oral Health Professionals, Springer Nature
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2018General health, wellbeing and oral health of patients older than 75 years attending health assessments., Australian Journal of Primary Health
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2018Dental professionals for a new century, Indian Journal of Dental Research
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2018General health and well-being among primary care patients aged 75+ years: associations with living conditions, oral health and dependency., Australasian Journal on Ageing
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2017Oral health inequalities and health systems in Asia-Pacific: a call for action, Nature India
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2017The life story experience of “migrant dentists” in Australia: potential implications for health workforce governance and international cooperation, International Journal of Health Policy and Management
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2017Health workforce migration in the Asia Pacific: implications for the achievement of sustainable development goals, Asia Pacific Journal of Health Management
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2017Dentist migration in the Asia-Pacific: problems, priorities and policy recommendations, Nature India
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2017Oral Conditions and Health-Related Quality of Life: A Systematic Review, Journal of Dental Research
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2016Restorative treatment for initial, cavitated and gross coronal carious lesions, Australian Dental Journal
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2016Job satisfaction among 'migrant dentists' in Australia: implications for dentist migration and workforce policy, Australian Dental Journal
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2016'Newness-struggle-success' continuum: a qualitative examination of the cultural adaptation process experienced by overseas-qualified dentists in Australia., Australian Health Review
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2016Diagnostic services in Australia: service rates and characteristics of patients, Australian Dental Journal
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2016Preventive services in Australia by patient and visit characteristics, International Dental Journal
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2016The international migration of dentists: directions for research and policy, Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology
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2016Development of life story experience (LSE) scales for migrant dentists in Australia: a sequential qualitative-quantitative study, Community Dental Health
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2015The Challenge of Oral Disease: A Call for Global Action. The Oral Health Atlas, FDI World Dental Federation
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2015The 'global interconnectedness' of dentist migration: a qualitative study of the life-stories of international dental graduates in Australia, Health Policy and Planning
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2015Trends in dental service provision in Australia: 1983-1984 to 2009-2010, International Dental Journal
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2015Treatment of caries in relation to lesion severity: implications for minimum intervention dentistry., Journal of Dentistry
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2015Characteristics and practice profiles of migrant dentist groups in Australia: Implications for dental workforce policy and planning, International Dental Journal
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2015The importance of workforce surveillance, research evidence and political advocacy in the context of international migration of dentists., British Dental Journal
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2014Overseas-qualified dentists' experiences and perceptions of the Australian Dental Council assessment and examination process: the importance of support structures, Australian Health Review
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2011Is the concept of ethics misplaced in the migration of Indian trained dentists to Australia? The need for better international co-operation in dentistry. Indian Journal of Dental Research, Indian Journal of Dental Research
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2011The Commonwealth as a custodian of dental migratory ethics: views of senior oral health leaders from India and Australia, International Dental Journal
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2011Dentists, Specialists and Allied Practitioners in Australia: Dental Labour Force Collection, 2006 , Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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2011Practice profiles of male and female dentists in Australia, Australian Dental Journal
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2010Dental specialists in Australia, Australian Dental Journal
Grants and Contracts
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2017Strengthening oral health workforce governance in UK and Australia
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- CIA
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- National Health and Medical Research Council
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2015Roles of global organizations in health systems strengthening
- Role:
- CIA
- Funding Source:
- Department of Education and Training, Australian Government
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2009Commonwealth of Nations and ethical migration
- Role:
- CIA
- Funding Source:
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Government
Professional Memberships
- International Association for Dental Research (Sub Committees: Education Research; Practice Activity; E health; Health Services: Student training)
- Australasian College of Health Service Management
- Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education
Research Areas
- Other Medical And Health Sciences (1199)
- Public Health And Health Services (1117)
- Dentistry (1105)
- Sydney
- Website
- @mbal108
- Article Feed
- +61 410993893; +44 7405998775
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For media enquiries,
madhan.balasubramanian@sydney.edu.au - ORCID
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