Alexandra Sidorenko
MSc, PhD(Kiev State), MA(Yale), PhD(ANU)
Visiting Fellow, NCEPH & Adjunct Research Fellow, ACERH & Adjunct Research Fellow, CAMA

Dr Alexandra Sidorenko undertook her first PhD in probability theory and statistics at Kiev State University, Ukraine. As a recipient of the United States Information Agency Edmund Muskie Fellowship in economics, she became a graduate student at Yale University, completed International and Development Economics program, gained her MA (economics) degree in 1997, and moved to Australia to work on her PhD. Her PhD in economics gained from the Australian National University dealt with various aspects of health insurance and demand for health care. Alexandra’s postgraduate work included the design of private hospital reimbursement schemes for private health insurers, as well as research on globalisation of health services. She completed projects on the international mobility of health care professionals in ASEAN and on costs and benefits of liberalisation of international trade in health services in APEC. Other research interests include domestic regulation of services and its impact on international trade in services. Alexandra Sidorenko has worked as a consultant to the World Bank and other organisations on various aspects of trade in services, and has presented her work in this area at many international fora.

Her current research activities at ACERH, undertaken jointly with Professor Warwick McKibbin, concentrate on modelling the macroeconomic burden of infectious diseases, including pandemic influenza and HIV/AIDS, using the G-Cubed CGE model developed by McKibbin and Wilcoxen.

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