About Us

AHTA's large, experienced and multi-disciplinary team of researchers is led by Professor Tracy Merlin, the first Professor of Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in Australia.

Adelaide Health Technology Assessment (AHTA) is part of the School of Public Health at The University of Adelaide in South Australia.

Our Mission

We are driven by a commitment to protect and enhance people’s health and welfare, in Australia and internationally. We achieve this by:

  • Rigorously assessing the safety, effectiveness, and value for money of health interventions, to enable informed health policy and healthcare allocation decisions. 
  • Assessing health interventions using the best-available methods and continually refine and advance those methods. 
  • Guiding and influencing best practice in HTA. 
  • Supporting knowledge exchange and continuing professional development within our global HTA community through education, mentoring and networking opportunities.

"Critical thinking for critical decisions in health"

Our team

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Our clients and partners

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