Prof Andrew Palmer is a New Star Professor of Medical Research and the Head of the Health Economics Research Unit at Menzies, working in the field of health economics since 1994. He is a leader in the subject of health economics in chronic diseases, has conducted research and published extensively in many disease areas including aged care/dementia, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, kidney disease, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, osteoporosis, alcoholism, growth hormone deficiency, rheumatoid arthritis, cardiovascular disease and oncology.